20 May
2003
20 May
'03
14:30
On May 20, 2003 10:22 am, Darrell Cormier wrote:
I am fairly new to networking and need a little input from those in the know. I have been contemplating configuring an old machine to handle firewall/mail type functions and then forward traffic to my main workstation. I will load 8.2 on both machines. My questions are whether the experts on this list think that my old machine is powerful enough to handle this task. The old machine is a Pentium MMX 166mhz, 64MB RAM, 6.5 GB of HD space (2
The only issue I can see is the amount of ram. Doesn't the installer need more then that? If you can get it installed then the machine is overkill. Nick