Minimal gateway hardware configuration

[Jerry McAllister]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:07:42PM +0330, Bahman M. wrote:

> One other question -a bit silly:
> If I use that configuration as the gateway, can it be left on and
> working 24x7? I mean, regarding the _hardware_, how often does it need
> to be powered off: once a day, once a week, ... to prevent hardware
> failures such as HDD crash?

On average, the less you power it off the better.
Power cycling is more stressful than running.
The exception would be if it is getting too hot while running and
that is a totally different problem, not fixable by powering it off
and on.

////jerry

> 
> Bahman
> 
> On 8/21/07, Bahman M. <b.movaqar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Note: You need two LAN cards:  One for the outside connection and one
> > > to your internal network.  (You probably already know that, but since you
> > > referred to 'LAN Card' in the singular I thought I should mention it
> > > anyway.)
> > >
> > Yes, the machine has 2 D-Link cards.
> >
> > > More than enough.
> > >
> > > I use a Pentium I @ 133MHz w/ 64MB RAM as a gateway with a faster Internet
> > > connection (8Mbps down / 1Mbps up) and it has no problem keeping up.
> > >
> > > Earlier I had only 512 Kbps connection, and at that time used a 386sx @
> > > 33MHZ w/ 8MB RAM as gateway.  It had no problem handling that speed.
> > >
> > Then my configuration is not minimal I'd say :-)
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bahman
> >
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