>Don't throw your 486 away when you eventually get a faster machine. One day >it will make a fine firewall. Apropos 486 and firewall: what requirements are there for a firewall / masq. gateway to serve a LAN of approx. 20 - 50 clients? I mean, I have seen a 486 25sx w/z a cable modem serve up to 5 clients completely fine. It has IIRC 48 mbs of ram and was using about 100 ipchains rules. Are there any tests / comparisons on this subject? TIA Sven