On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 10:37, Balazs Javor wrote: > Hi, > > I have an ADSL Internet access and I'm planning to set up > some sort of firewall/gateway for my home network. > Here's what I roughly have in mind: > NAT / port forwarding > packet filtering > bandwidth management / trafic shaping > some sort of secure access for my laptop through wireless network
Bandwidth management & traffic shaping on your home network???? Unless you're learning how to do it so you can then do it at work, seems like a huge overkill. > I was wondering what sort of processing power is needed for such a > computer? Not much. A Cyrix M2-233, 32MB RAM and a 1GB HD are way overkill. <RANT=GEEZER> GUIs, bloated apps and "decompression apps" (like MP3 players) suck so much juice that people forget (and young people have never known) how fast that even 10yo CPUs (i.e., Jamin's 486SX25) are. For a home LAN, I wouldn't be surprised if a 386DX40 with adequate RAM would be adequate. </RANT> -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "they love our milk and honey, but preach about another | | way of living" | | Merle Haggard, "The Fighting Side Of Me" | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
