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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!palms.znet.net.au!nigel From: nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as PC router? Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 09:27:20 Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 19 Message-ID: <nigel.9.000974F0@znet.net.au> References: <32E4D14C.566@digital.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: palms.znet.net.au X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34374 In article <32E4D14C.566@digital.net> gunnery@digital.net writes: >As I noticed that FreeBSD O/S can run as low-cost PC Router. >I'm interested to know what hardware requirement(s) of PCRouter by >FreeBSD? I see mostly 486 or Pentium motherboards and add some Ethernet >cards at all. >Which one best for PCrouter: IDE or SCSI hard drive? 500mb or 1.2 gb >SCSI or IDE HD? How much RAMs to runnin' the pcrouter? Or Am I miss >something require for pcrouter? I use a 386DX-40 with 8Mb and a 120Mb HDD to route between my coax network and a PPP link to the Internet. The machine is also my mailserver. It's not the fastest machine for general use, but certainly handles the routing part very well. Cheers Nigel Gorry http://www.palms.znet.net.au