Re: [Hardware] dual-nic MB for firewall box.
On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:10:52PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> Anyone built up a small firewall/mail machine lately?
>
> I'm looking for a motherboard replacement for a firewall machine on a
> small lan. I'd like to go all on-board for simplicity and cost, so
> on-board video, and dual nics (but I'm open to other suggestions).
> Something the bf2.4-xfs net install CD will work with.
>
> Via C3 would be good. I'm going to try to make the machine somewhat
> silent, so the C3 would be nice. But for this machine CPU power is not
> critical, although it may run an imap server.
Is this for work or home. The quietest will be to get old note-PC with 2
PCMCIA slots or one nic on main body. (few hundred $$ or free from your
friend)
That way you have UPS build in :-)
I use i486 50MHz which is good enough for home use.
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