Re: IPCop for Small-Business Network: Web Proxy Usage

astanko_at_gwdg.de
Date: 06/19/05 

Date: 19 Jun 2005 11:28:39 -0700

Hi!

Moe Trin wrote:

> >Our small-business (5 PCs) has its LAN connected to the internet
> >through ADSL (1 Mbit downstream, 128 KBit upstream). Now I decided to
> >use IPCop. First I wanted to use an old Pentium 166 for IPCop,
>
> Fine - assuming adequate RAM that should be overkill

I don't think the EPIA 600 Mhz is comparable to Athlon 600 MHz, and I
think if it has to handle routing, firewall and web caching all the
time, and from time to time VPN, it will have something to do.
I think this is especially true if I set the web cache a little bigger.
I am not sure if I should take a 1 Gig or a 8 Gig HDD for the cache of
the proxy. I think I will go with the bigger disk. Such caching is
especially useful if I have to install the same software / updates on
all 5 PCs ;-)

Best regards,
Anguel

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