there is that. <smile>
sometimes though, those ARM devices can't handle as much as a full blown monster. there are some times where having a slightly more powerful cpu would be handy.
-Eric
On Mar 18, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Brian Cluff wrote:
> The only real problem with using this old beastie as a firewall is that it probably pulls somewhere around 200 watts of power, so you could save a ton of money very quickly by simply purchasing an ARM or ATOM based computer at full price and using that for a firewall. It should pay for itself in around 6 months via it's greatly reduced power usage.
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 03/18/2011 12:20 AM, Technomage Hawke wrote:
>> A PIII 80 Mhz eh? thats a good firewall box.<smile> I have one even
>> older than that still operating here (PII 400Mhz 256 MB ram using
>> openbsd 4.1). with over 1.5K days in operation, its been very
>> reliable. so? if anyone wants a firewall box setup using that old
>> server, I can put the OS in place and setup PF for them.
>>
>> -Eric
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