On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:52:24PM -0500, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Monday 05 December 2005 17:59, SOTL wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 December 2005 09:16 pm, steve szmidt wrote:
> > > On Sunday 04 December 2005 12:43, SOTL wrote:
> > > > Do you have one above P5 that would make a good firewall?
> > >
> > > Above? A 486 will fill a T1. For the longest time I had a 386 with 16MB
> > > as my gateway. Given the age of h/w it might not be too good to go with
> > > THAT old h/w, but a P5 will be pleeenty.
> >
> > Thanks but NO thanks.
> >
> > I have NO desires to go through the hell of setting up another 486 on
> > linux.
> ??
>
> That was not because it was 486 but rather some incompatible h/w. I it says
> i386 it will run on all. you are no going to have a GUI etc on a firewall
> either. It's a minimum install.
>
Many distros these days are compiled for 586 and up. Running an older
distro is an option, but you don't get a smooth upgrade path or security
updates.
Paul
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