what can i do with a 486?

[Robert Atkinson]

On 1/18/07, deeptech71 at gmail.com <deeptech71 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > deeptech71 at gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> Does routing need a lot of RAM? What packet throughput speed can I expect
> when
> it's juggling data between RAM and HDD?


I'd say don't do anything that would move much data back and forth in I/O, I
believe the last time I did this was back on an old Gateway 486. Moving that
squid/dns/fileserver back to a pentium II was the best upgrade.

Packet filtering wise, I'd say compared to what I get from chips like Geode
and such, 2 megabit probably, depending on what you're doing. Filtering
bridge was able to top me off at like 10 megabit I think.

Good idea. Thanx! I'll try that.
> But doesn't FreeBSD configure things for specific hardware when installed
> on
> one computer? And does it work if install on a new generation 386?


In general yes, however  when a system is older than a 486, an older version
of bsd is required I believe.





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