Re: [Hardware] dual-nic MB for firewall box.
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From: "Michael Heironimus" <mkh01@earthlink.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Hardware] dual-nic MB for firewall box.
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:10:52PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I think most of the PC motherboards I've seen with dual NICs on-board
> have been expensive boards aimed at the high-end workstation and low-end
> server market. When they go on sale (every other week) you can pick up a
> cheap PCI card for $5-10, so that might very well be more economical.
> Most of these cheap cards are based on Realtek chips (so are most of the
> cheap on-board NICs), they're not exactly the best cards around but they
> do work.
>
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> Michael Heironimus
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If you're builing a firewall, have a look at http://www.linitx.com
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