Eben King wrote:
>On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, michael hast wrote:
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>>How much processing power and memory should I have to set up a proxy
>>server/gateway-router for my home network? Would a 500MB processor
>>w/~300MB ram do it? Are there any pros or cons to beefing up the power?
>>If I should set up such a deal, would I be able to double it as a web/mail
>>server, or would I be better off using a different machine for that
>>purpose? I'm sure that all of you can tell that I am limited in these
>>arts, so what kind of a quest do I have in front of me to achieve such
>>goals? Thank you in advance.
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>Well, I used a 486-66 dx/2 with <1G HD and <100MB RAM, but that was with no
>X, kernel 2.2, not handling any services but IP routing and DHCP for 4-8
>clients AFAIR and old router SW. Its load was almost always 0.00. I'd say,
>an old, slow, small machine is fine for the task. Maybe one that's too slow
>for general use.
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So, in other words, I may not want to waste hardware even like what I've
got for a project like that? I bet I could locate something really slow
for cheap, cheap, cheap. I have a .4GB hard drive I could use for it.
And I suppose I'll save the ram for something that could make good use
of it. There are plenty of machines around here that I could probably
use it in if the gateway wouldn't need it. I've seen some 8 and 16 port
switches on ebay selling in the $20 range. I also checked out
freesco.com. Very cool! I downloaded the current version and I may
start playing with it even before I'm ready to jump in with both feet.
The only problem is that I feel bad wasting a cd on it, but I don't
really use any floppies anymore. There are only a couple of computers
in the house that even have them anymore. So anyway, thanks for the
input, guys. Keep it coming!
--Michael
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