How is this computer for a Linux firewall server?

[InlineFive]

1.4Ghz Duron
Gigabyte "I Forgot The Model" Motherboard with KT266A
256MB Kingston DDR
10GB 4.2K Western Digital HDD
3 Linksys or 3Com NICs

It will be firewalling three "zones". WAN, LAN and WiFi which will plug into one of the NICs.

Suggestions?

-Por

 

[sharq]

Too fast
I think it's fine, and should work like a breeze. People use Pentium 1 machines for firewalls for a single zone/lan with success, so you shouldn't have any problem with that machine. What kind of vid card are you using? If it's a old one, then you should be fine. That is if you are going to actually use the vid card on it. (SSH is great )

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Holy crap, dude. Overkill Extreme.

Sell me the Duron and use something more fitting of the task - like a P133.

- M4H

 

[Gagabiji]

 

[InlineFive]

Do you mean the SSH protocol or something else? And I don't have an option for a slower computer. That's the slowest I can get. Besides, I plan to underclock it so I can try to run it cooler since the case is awful.

-Por

 

[jfall]

I got smoothwall running perfect on a P 233mmx w/ 32 ram, that computer would be overkill for a firewall, but if ya got nothing else to do with it then why not...

 

[Derango]

Wayyy too fast. If you're buying parts for it, tone it down, if its somthing you have hanging around, it'll work fine.

What I did when I was making my firewall/router was round up a system for around $300 based off of a via C3 800mhz and a MicroATX case. I didn't have an older crappy system laying around to work with, so I had to buy parts. Mine's also overkill, but with the option of pulling out the C3, replacing with a P3 and then having a decently usable system later down the road.

 

[Cerb]

That's a desktop, not a firewall.
Mandrake MNF runs great on a celeron 500 w/ 128MB, and it's a hog as far as firewalls go.
Give that Duron box a monitor and pick up a real POS at a computer show, retrobox.com, etc.

For most linux firewalls, a P166 w/ 32MB RAM is enough for a few dozen clients.

 

[InlineFive]

Stop ragging on me people that's the slowest (for the cheapest) I can get. Plus this way maybe I can also have a competent system to mess around with Linux on...

-Por

 

[JOHNGALT99]

What I did when I was making my firewall/router was round up a system for around $300 based off of a via C3 800mhz and a MicroATX case.

derango, i am doing the same thing , i got a via c3 chip sodered on a snytax sis chip set board and i am going to use a

ibm netvista case what distro did you use for your firewall? I am either going to use smoothwall or astaro security linux

also what MB are you using? the micro atx i have has a on board nic i am hopping is supported in linux

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: JOHNGALT99

What I did when I was making my firewall/router was round up a system for around $300 based off of a via C3 800mhz and a MicroATX case.

derango, i am doing the same thing , i got a via c3 chip sodered on a snytax sis chip set board and i am going to use a

ibm netvista case what distro did you use for your firewall? I am either going to use smoothwall or astaro security linux

also what MB are you using? the micro atx i have has a on board nic i am hopping is supported in linux

astaro is nice

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: JOHNGALT99

What I did when I was making my firewall/router was round up a system for around $300 based off of a via C3 800mhz and a MicroATX case.

derango, i am doing the same thing , i got a via c3 chip sodered on a snytax sis chip set board and i am going to use a

ibm netvista case what distro did you use for your firewall? I am either going to use smoothwall or astaro security linux

also what MB are you using? the micro atx i have has a on board nic i am hopping is supported in linux

Check my rig link in the sig for the setup. (look for gtva_command)

I really like smothwall, since thats what I'm running. Good distro

The hard drive is super overkill, but I had a 40GB laptop drive laying around, and getting an adapter for it was cheaper than a new drive...so I went with that