Hardware wise you probably won't have any issues. The only real challenge may come in if you start using a lot of stateful rules in iptables and want to track a large number of connections. Memory will be your limit here. the processor and bus speen shouldln't bother you any. Ross >Hi, > >I have a 486 PC that I've setup to route/firewall all my internet >traffic with Debian Linux and iptables. Been working like a champ for >over a year now. I'm planning on upgrading my bandwidth to >residential cable though from a 512 kbps up/down connection to a 6mbps >down / 384 kbps up. > >My question is does this box limit my bandwidth? The two NIC's are on >an ISA bus. It seems to work fine, it's only role in life is to >firewall, but I'm not sure if that hardware is just too plain old to >handle 6mbps. Any thoughts? > >Josh > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list