Hi, I have a 486DX with 12MB which works perfectly. It serves BIND, SSH, telnet, firewall (well, not well configured yet), ip-masq, smtp and pop3. Now it serves for three people to share their internet on an ADSL link.
The only thing with which I notice slow processor is when I ssh or telnet to it and read mail on it. So, if you do not need this, the machine serves well. But for installation, playing and research you can better use a more up to date computer. Installation and reconfiguration takes a looooooooong time. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I am doing my Senior Project shortly for my degree and have decided that I > would like to build a Linux firewall which also is configured for IP > Masquerading and DNS using Bind. I really just wanted ideas from some of > the more experienced users on this list who have done the same type of > setup for themselves. > Currently I have a Debian server and have access to 2 static IP > addresses. I also have a Windows 2000 box and a Windows NT4.0 box and the > current network is using a Linksys router. > I would be using probably a Pentium 100 with 48mg ram as my firewall PC > which has 2 ethernet cards. > But I wonder if I should consider using my current Debian server which is a > Pentium 500? As you can see I am quite unsure as to the best approach to > this project. I do appreciate your comments and maybe a helping hand in > guiding me in the right direction. I might add I have no firewall experience. > > Regards > > > > Eileen Orbell > Software & Internet Applications > Capitol College > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows 98 reboot!" > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
