RE: [MLUG] 486SX lease on life?

[yoda <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I've run a firewall with a Pentium-60, and it worked just finely. I
wouldn't suggest doing mail serving or lots of file serving with it, but
routing and a simple webpage, maybe even djbdns for DNS.

Best way to tell, though, is try it. Linux will run on as old as a 386, so
it should be no problem.

P.S. For those who didn't know, the SX is just the DX without a math
co-processor, so when compiling a kernel, put in math co-processor
emulation.

On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Brent Deterding wrote:

> Agreed - my firewall is a P-200 as well and it cranks just fine running
> iptables.
> 
> However - that's a p-200 not a 486SX - I don't know about that one. . .
> 
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> 
> Hi.
> 
> If you haven't thought of a use for the old 486's yet, here ya go!
> 
> http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/
> 
> 
> (You don't even need the hard drives!)
> 
> If you don't want to bother, then perhaps you will consider selling them to
> me?
> 
> I collect old 486's and Pentiums and make firewalls out of them.  (And they
> perform pretty quick--certainly fast enough to compare to lower end cisco
> routers--and fast enough for a home cable-modem connection.  A Pentium 200
> MHz-based version of one of these blew the doors off a high-end Cisco
> firewall worth about $15000.00!
> 
> They are pretty rock-solid stable, too.  I used to run one, but replaced it
> with one of those firewall appliances you can get at the local computer
> store
> because I figured the appliance would be secure, fast, better, etc.
> 
> Wrong.  The appliance crashes about once per month, does a lousy job of
> logging, and is not going to win any prizes for upgradeability or speed.
> 
> The LRP firewall I had didn't know the meaning of the word "Die", and it
> just
> giggled away quietly in the corner whenever anyone tried to DoS it.
> 
> A.
> 
> 
> On Monday 01 April 2002 08:52 pm, you wrote:
> > My wife & I (well, me mostly) have become proud owners of our parents'
> > old 486SX'es (2). I've heard you can make a workable Linux box with a
> > 486DX >= 8 MB. How 'bout the SX?  Would I be wasting my time?
> > 	Thanks,
> > 	Dave
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