[CentOS] Re: Recommended hardware for a firewall/router?

[Marco Garza]

Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> Harald Finnås wrote:
>>
>> Not really a CentOS specific question, but I hope it's ok...
>>
>> I've decided to buy a server to use as a firewall/router instead of
>> the usual Cisco box, simply because I've come to love Firewall
>> Builder and would like to put all my subnets into one firewall.
>> There will be four gigabit interfaces in the box, one of which will
>> be the internet connection (so this one interface will use max. 10
>> mbit).
>>
>> Question is if any "normal" hardware will be able to handle this if
>> most of the interfaces gets saturated? What chipset / motherboard
>> should I go for?
>>
>> On a sidenote, I've noticed from the subject on some of the most
>> recent messages that Bryans beeing hassled. I dunno what it's really
>> about since I haven't read the messages, but I'd like to say that I
>> consider Bryan to be a valuable asset to this list.
>
>
> I suggest using m0n0wall. http://www.m0n0.ch/wall/
>
> You can have good answers to your question on the m0n0wall list as
> well.
>
> --
> Ugo
>
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I would suggest using something like freesco.  http://www.freesco.org/
Very easy to use.  Fits on a floppy.  Don't have the horse power problems. 
Hardware upgrades are easy and cheap.

-Marco Garza