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Ah! The operation was successful. | by L1nX | 2007-09-23 01:18:30 |
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My current linux | by shadowboy813 | 2007-09-23 08:25:05 |
| Except for "server", that'd be a waste... |
by bwkaz |
2007-09-23 09:41:13 |
You need very, very, *very* little CPU to run a firewall/router. At least, assuming you mean a firewall/router for an ISP connection -- those are way way slower than even 100mbit Ethernet.
But even a 100mbit Ethernet firewall/router wouldn't require an Athlon XP 3000+ with anywhere near that much RAM: we're running a box at work that routes between four networks (all 100mbit) on a measly 1.8GHz CPU, with 256MB of RAM. And the CPU usage is almost nil, whether you count kernel time or not. There just isn't that much work to be done when checking traffic against our firewall ruleset.
Now, for a server, the extra RAM would have a better chance of making a difference. But the extra CPU is probably still not needed.
The firewall/router/web/ssh/dns/dhcp-server that we use here is a P3-800 with either 384MB or 512MB of RAM, and it works fine (likewise, almost zero CPU usage). It routes out to a 3mbps ADSL line.
Now, maybe you want that win98 box for DOS games really badly -- but I think stuffing the Athlon XP into the router/firewall is going to be a huge waste of processing power. ;-) |
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