[lug] Playing musical machines...

[Mr Viggy]

Yep.  That's what I was planning.  I was just curious if there was 
something I "might be missing."  It doesn't seem like it, but you know 
how it is.  Sometimes you don't realize taht what you have going is 
actually outdated, old, or slow.  For example, when I first approached 
my wife with the idea of getting DSL, she asked, "Isn't the Internet 
fast enough now?"  However, she has seen the light, and will never go 
back to regular ol' dialup...

;-)

I'll prolly keep the 450 as either a backup, or maybe a print server.... 
  Hmmm...

Viggy

Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 10:41, Mr Viggy wrote:
> 
>>Hey all,
>>
>>I'm probably going to (finally) upgrade my wife's computer (currently a 
>>450MHz AMD K6/2 w/3D NOW; a nice game machine when I bought it).  I'll 
>>prolly wind up getting a whole new setup, since they are all pretty darn 
>>cheap.
>>
>>The question I have is this.  Currently, I have a 233MHz P2 acting as my 
>>home DHCP server/router/firewall.  It's got 128MB of EDO RAM (60nS, I 
>>think); a 2.5GB drive, and not much else.  Besides the obvious (faster, 
>>bigger drive, more memory, etc), is there any benefit to making the AMD 
>>machine the new firewall?
> 
> 
> 
> A regular old Pentium is capable of doing firewall filtering and routing
> for a 100 Mb/s connection.
> 
> Now, if you want to start using IPSec or another VPN, then a faster CPU
> is better.
> 
> Or you might not want to keep extra, useless hardware around, in which
> case you may want to set up the K6 as the router and throw away the P2.
> 
> I would keep the P2 as a router, because it's already set up, and I'd
> also keep the K6, because I might find something to do with it later.
>