Re: Networking with OpenBSD and Linux/Windows

From: Greg Hennessy (me_at_privacy.org)
Date: 06/02/05 

Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:38:18 +0100

On 2 Jun 2005 06:53:09 -0700, "Lee" <leeward@msa.attmil.ne.jp> wrote:

> Will having this old system in that
>capicity slow down my main computer when accessing the internet?

Unless you have a very large pipe connecting you to the net it wont.

A Pentium class processor with 64 meg will quite happily route Fast-E
without running out of puff.

I run a down clocked (for peace and quiet)

~ # grep -i cpu /var/run/dmesg.boot
CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+ (1252.85-MHz 686-class CPU)

it's complete and utter overkill for the task.

For the past 24 hours Symon reports average cpu usage as

2.61% User
0.22% Nice
1.32% System
0.24% Interrupt
95.65% Idle.

And that's on a box running a ~36k entry ad blocking DNS cache, squid,
jffnms and other bits and pieces in addition to gateway duties.

greg 

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