> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:52:41 +0200 (CEST), Leen Besselink > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I set up a router with my old 486 computer. I have there potato witch > > >> kernel > > >> 2.4 installed. > > >> > > >try running 2.2 or 2.0 instead, that might help also. > > > > In a router, having 2.4 has a _very_ strong point called netfilter. > > > > Greetings > > Marc > yes, but then you must know that netfilter eats up much more > memory than the previous ipchains. > I think maybe this is the problem; having a netfilter firewall > with reasonable set of rules requires 32-64 RAM (it depends) > I think I saw this discution on the netfilter list stating this... > sorry, I didn't follow the disscution here: does it swap a lot?
You know, I don't think you can swap something like netfilter rules/information/counters/whatever... I'm not sure how much kernel-'memory' can actually be swapped at all. so this might be the problem.
