I am currently using BBIagent on a 486/100 w/8M RAM. I was using it on a P100 w/8M RAM. I have actually noticed an improvement of speed since moving to the older box, but suspect that is a result of the 486 not choking on the same RAM as the Pentium. Yes, I am using the same NICs on both machines. I am thinking about trying it on a P133 w/32M RAM to see if it is RAM related. Thanks, James Spinti jspinti at dartdist dot com 952-368-3278 ext. 396 952-368-3255 (fax) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Layer" <wlayer at attbroadband.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: [TCLUG] Floppy-based Linux firewalls & hardware performance > > Finally, a note about hardware performace with BBIagent. Originally, I was > running an old 486-25MHz with 12MB of RAM for the firewall box. On a whim, > I switched to a P133 64MB RAM and noticed an interesting improvement. > While the total throughput of the firewall seemed to stay about the same, > the speed in making connections seemed to increase greatly. So with the > P133, data still moves at the same speed, but there is much less apparent > lag when initiating a new connection. I consider that an improvement, but > I'm not sure if it is attributable to the increase in CPU power or RAM. I > am tending to think it is related to the CPU speed, but that could easily > be wrong. > > Comments? Experiences? > > > -.bill.layer.- .-frogtown.mn.usa.-