Linux Router/IP Masq/Firewall testimonials?

[razor-ak]

I've been comparing Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD (used em all, like em all) for a router. I'm looking for something that will give me optimum performance and security.
I plan to run this on a Pentium 133 with 48MB of RAM and 6 NICs and 2 modems. I have both cable modem and 1mb/s SDSL. I plan the network like this:
1 NIC for the PPP network
1 NIC for a network with the cable modem
1 NIC for the network with the DSL modem
1 NIC for the other PPP network
1 modem for connecting a windows box to the net
1 modem for backup if the cable modem/DSL ever goes down
My network is all 100Mbps Fast Ethernet with 10 machines (3 linux workstations, a linux server, a firewall, a router, a WinNT server, and 3 windows workstations).


Now here is what I was wondering: Can someone give me a testimonial of what they are running? CPU, RAM, connection, computers on there LAN, how their network is setup, how much traffic you get, and the CPU and RAM usage the machine has (average and at peak times).


[This message has been edited by razor-ak (edited 31 December 2000).]

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[jumpedintothefire]

I use 166 with 32 megs 3 nics (internal\ external\DMZ) has about 40 users behind it. It handles 20 inbound rdp connections to a win2000 server that are ipmasqadm portfw to the local lan plus PPTP connections 128bit encription. I don't run xwindows, all command prompt. I have never seen it go over 50% in CPU usage

jumpedintothefire

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[jief]

I don't have anything as complex as you :

- A firewall/gateway running on Deb 2.2 woody. The box is a P-200 w/ 96MB RAM; eth0 goes to the cablemodem, eth1 goes to my 100Mbits hub.

- My girlfriend's PC is an AMD K7-700 Duron with 128MB RAM running on Windows Millennium, connected to the hub.

- My main PC is a P3-933 with 320MB RAM running on Deb 2.2, connected to the hub.

As long as it works, I won't tinker with this http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

Now I want to learn NFSd and really master Samba (I've used it once, now I want to master it).

Jeff

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[Sokertes]

I use RedHat 6.2 on an old IBM box w/32 megs ram and 6 gig HD for a router, gateway, samba server, DHCP server, NIS server. I had to slap in 32 more megs of ram so I could run an unrealtournament and quake2 servers as well. Runs great and have no problems.