P133MHz & 128MB memory enough for a home router?

[Ron_Jeremy 0]

I thought about using this machine as a home router. There will be 3 pc's behind it; 2 surf the web quite frequently, & 1 will be a 24/7 Counter-Strike server. I thought about installing NT4 on it, but am tempted to use a Linux program found here that runs off the floppy drive & doesn't even need a hard disk.

 

Will using this machine slow down or hinder my other pc's "performance" (i.e., up/download speeds) on the 'Net? Shall I use a beefier machine instead?

[theelviscerator 0]

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I thought about using this machine as a home router. There will be 3 pc's behind it; 2 surf the web quite frequently, & 1 will be a 24/7 Counter-Strike server. I thought about installing NT4 on it, but am tempted to use a Linux program found here that runs off the floppy drive & doesn't even need a hard disk.

Will using this machine slow down or hinder my other pc's "performance" (i.e., up/download speeds) on the 'Net? Shall I use a beefier machine instead?

Should work fine main thing I would recommend is the use of high end NIC's...If you ran a OS that let you check Cpu usage, such as win2k pro you would know for sure ..I would bet it would be fairly small.
The Floppysolution sounds efficient.

[ewaite 0]

If your looking for a good free (GPL) and easy to install (well documented) firewall try Smoothwall (www.smoothwall.org). It has a web based admin screen and is very easy to use. The firewall PC needs to be an Intel 486-compatible, Pentium, or higher (Pentium II, Pentium III)with a minimum of 16Mb of RAM. Download ISO is only 20MB.

[clutch 1]

Use smoothwall, and that machine would be overkill (in other words, go for it). Since smoothwall is made to *be* a firewall, it would be a better choice than setting up RRAS in NT or adding another app to NT to make it work.

[Ron_Jeremy 0]

Thx for the info people I had already used smoothwall & its counterpart ipcop as well, but on more powerful machines (PII type pc's). I was just worried that this P133 may be a little overloaded running either smoothie or ipcop. That's why I looked at the "router on a floppy" solution from BBIAgent.

 

Has anyone had any experience with the BBIAgent router? I would like to know how it worked for you.