23 Feb
2012
23 Feb
'12
10:19 p.m.
On 02/23/12 1:00 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
And do I need a recent computer for the linux one or an old one can do so? I mean something like Pentium 4 or Pentium D may fits?
for a SOHO firewall, I would want to use something very reliable and low power, quiet. CPU isn't at all important, reliability is.
If I was buying something, I'd probably get a little ITX box like alix http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm or soekris http://soekris.com/products/net4501-1.html
and run pfSense on it, using it strictly as a pure firewall not a general purpose computer.
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