On 06/04/2010 03:45, Michael Miles wrote: > On 04/05/2010 05:40 PM, Mail Lists wrote: >> Lots of good comments here. >> >> I have seen a befsx (newer than the befsr) which could not keep up >> with a cable internet connection - reduced d/l by 20% or so. This was a >> nominal 30 Mb/s d/l and the router was definitely the bottleneck. >> >> The primary firewall, linux with over 30,000 rules has no such issue - >> its a 3 Ghz Pentium D with 3com 905 C ethernet controllers. >> >> gene >> >> >> > I do plan on an upgrade to a better router > > So if I wanted to create a separate machine and put 3 or 4 good lan > adapters on a amd xp 1500 > install fedora 12 and use it as a firewall only, would probably be a > good alternative to a 100 dollar router > > Michael
I know this is a fedora list but OpenBSD with PF will work very well as a router out the box and well worth a look at (even if it's just for research purposes) -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
