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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!wraith.internode.com.au!tipellium.apanix.apana.org.au!usenet From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD -- possible Internet gateway platform ? Date: 31 Dec 1994 20:38:25 GMT Organization: Apanix Public Access Unix, +61 8 373 5485 (5 lines) Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3e4fg1$759@tipellium.apana.org.au> References: <bluewiz.1.0042AE4D@cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: seldon.apanix.apana.org.au Keywords: FreeBSD firewall web-server mail-server news bluewiz@cts.com (Bob and/or Perry Mack) writes: > My company is planning for a 56K Internet connection, I thought that a >FreeBSD machine would make a good firewall/gateway/server machine. I've done >some browsing & some lurking, but I still have some questions: >1) Is there a Web-server for FreeBSD ? Yes. Also there are web browsers - Lynx, Mosaic, Netscape. >2) Will FreeBSD route between two Ethernet cards (and can it filter while >routing) ? Yes it will route. Filtering? If you mean firewalling, yes. SOCKS can be setup, Proxy HTTP/FTP can be setup, etc. >3) What are minimum/reasonable hardware requirements for FreeBSD ? ( I browsed >the FAQ quickly -- coudn't find this ) For this sort of machine, a main server, I'd use a 486dx2/66 or dx4/100 with 16mb ram to be comfortable. Disk space minimum 500mb, for news spool try for 1-2gb. PCI, EISA or VLB disk controllers improve performance, so does SCSI-2 disks on a PCI or VLB controller. Cheers Leigh -- | "By the time they had diminished | Leigh Hart | | from 50 to 8, the other dwarves | <hart@eppie.apana.org.au> | | began to suspect 'Hungry' ..." | C/- 195 Gilles Street | | -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side" | Adelaide SA 5006 |