[plug] firewall computer - was Re: [plug] Has anyone else seen a flurry of Windows probes recently?

[Dion]

I immagine the the only time speed would be affected is if the cpu or 
the ram was fully loaded and the machine was forced to make some clients 
wait until it processed the requests. 

D.


Bret Busby wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Brad Campbell wrote:
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>>Dion wrote:
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>>>Speaking of which, do any pluggers know what kind of cpu / ram is
>>>sufficient for a good linux firewall? Only servicing two to three pcs.
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>>Err.. a 386sx25 with 4Meg ?
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>>Our firewall for 25pc's is a 486dxII-66 with 8 meg of ram..
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>Beats ours (more minimal than ours); servicing 5 client computers, we 
>have a Cyrix 100MHz 6x86, with 32MB RAM.
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>I just wonder whether the speed, etc, of a firewall/gateway computer, 
>restricts the throughput speed of data.
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