> My own experience was using a Pentium MMX/200 with 64M memory and a pair > of Tulip cards, 10bT cable modem on the outside and 100bTX on the inside. > The machine had a 4 gig hard drive, and most of that ended up going > unused. A litte on the over kill if you are just using it for a masq box for the cable box. Seams a 486 can handle 10 mb with out complaining.