On Sat, 27 May 2000, Yatsen Ng wrote:

Hi there,

What kind of PC configuration would you recommend for an internet gateway / firewall?

For a 33.6 or faster modem, I recommend at least a 386/40 with 8 meg RAM. For DSL or cable modem, you probably want a 486/66 and 16 meg RAM. If the same box is also going to run programs that constitute a significant (even if intermittent) load, up the specs. However if the load is tightly constrained by bandwidth, and the major source of the load is external, then don't worry about your processor. Candidate for this category: web server serving plain text pages. Non-candidate: web server running scripts, database server, something that will see heavy INTERNAL use, SETI station... (A DHCP server is not an issue: very small load. A print server with one printer, you care more about disk space than about processor or RAM.) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/