[ale] 486/8 meg memory as a gateway?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Not the network guru I wish I was, but as a data point I can tell you that a
486/DX33 with 12MB can act as a masquerading firewall for a DSL line and
push through a sustained 1300Kb/s.

- Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wandered Inn [mailto:esoteric at denali.atlnet.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:17 AM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] 486/8 meg memory as a gateway?
> 
> 
> Any of you network gurus tell me if I'm making a mistake to 
> try and use
> a 486 with 8 meg of memory for my ISDN connectivity and gateway?
> 
> Also, anyone tell my why the machine boots and the bios reports 8 meg,
> but free reports 6372??
> 
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