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From: George Georgalis <georgw@galis.org>
To: Matthew Hellman <mhellman@raccoon.com>
Cc: Sandy Harris <sandy@storm.ca>, netfilter@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: Lowest spec processor that netfilter will run on
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 00:42:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020607004255.A9357@trot.haven.dom> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001801c20dd5$d0d3c5d0$020aa8c0@matttm9svd8lrh>; from mhellman@raccoon.com on Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:45:49PM -0500

are there some real statistics on what is needed?

I'm setting up a t-1 and 1/3 of a t-1 on a p166 64meg (Bering floppy), I
know that's enough for masq, but I want to fit mrtg and ToS (throttling)
in there too, so I'm not sure. I could scp (or mail?) the logs and make
graphs on a faster pc... what do you all recommend? 

// George

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:45:49PM -0500, Matthew Hellman wrote:
>ipchains isn't iptables...and you were probably also running a much
>different (older) kernel...so we're talking apples and oranges here. I'm not
>saying it woudn't work mind you...it probably would.  I sure wouldn't
>recommend it to anyone though and I personally wouldn't think of going with
>anything less that a P60 and 64MB ram.  If that's all you've got lying
>around though...it's worth a shot.
>
>Matt
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sandy Harris" <sandy@storm.ca>
>To: <netfilter@lists.samba.org>
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:11 AM
>Subject: Re: Lowest spec processor that netfilter will run on
>
>
>> Matthew Hellman wrote:
>> >
>> > I can't speak for non x86 processors, but I have mine running on a
>Pentium
>> > 60 mhz with 64MB ram....runs pretty well although I personally wouldn't
>> > consider going with anything less.
>>
>> I ran a firewall for a year or two using a 486/66
>> with 24 megs, using ipchains, on a 2.2 Mbps ADSL
>> link. The only problem was keeping log size under
>> control on a 170 meg drive.
>>
>> There are some numbers for related things at:
>> http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_snaps/NEW-SNAP/doc/performance.html
>>
>
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-06-07  4:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-06 23:47 Lowest spec processor that netfilter will run on John Crowhurst
2002-06-07  3:05 ` Matthew Hellman
2002-06-07  6:11   ` Sandy Harris
2002-06-07  3:45     ` Matthew Hellman
2002-06-07  4:42       ` George Georgalis [this message]
2002-06-07  7:05   ` Stewart Thompson
2002-06-07 17:38     ` Stuart W. Card

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