Minimal gateway hardware configuration

[Bahman M.]

One other question -a bit silly:
If I use that configuration as the gateway, can it be left on and
working 24x7? I mean, regarding the _hardware_, how often does it need
to be powered off: once a day, once a week, ... to prevent hardware
failures such as HDD crash?

Bahman

On 8/21/07, Bahman M. <b.movaqar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Note: You need two LAN cards:  One for the outside connection and one
> > to your internal network.  (You probably already know that, but since you
> > referred to 'LAN Card' in the singular I thought I should mention it
> > anyway.)
> >
> Yes, the machine has 2 D-Link cards.
>
> > More than enough.
> >
> > I use a Pentium I @ 133MHz w/ 64MB RAM as a gateway with a faster Internet
> > connection (8Mbps down / 1Mbps up) and it has no problem keeping up.
> >
> > Earlier I had only 512 Kbps connection, and at that time used a 386sx @
> > 33MHZ w/ 8MB RAM as gateway.  It had no problem handling that speed.
> >
> Then my configuration is not minimal I'd say :-)
> Thanks.
>
> Bahman
>