A few years back I put m0n0wall (FreeBSD-based) on it, hooked it up to 2 machines (1 WAN, 1 LAN) and pushed a file through it. Its max bandwidth was well under my Internet connection speed.
It was replaced with a net5501. On Nov 15, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Johan Beisser <j...@caustic.org> wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by "too slow to route." > > I've a net4501 with 64mb of RAM that's handling all of my IP traffic > at home. Biggest problem is swapping taking out available interrupts. > > Modern networks are actually just too fast for the hardware these > days. It works fine for home stuff. > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:39 PM, jordon <open...@sirjorj.com> wrote: >> I have an old net4511 running 5.4. It’s too old/slow to route but it’s too >> fun to not have running because how many other OS’es can run on a 486 100MHz >> with 32MB RAM? >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 15, 2013, at 6:03 PM, SmithS <smit...@hush.ai> wrote: >> >>> Greetings misc@. After coming across a link[1] to make an OpenBSD >>> router using a "Soekris" device, I think I will make one. Does anyone >>> else have this hardware and can verify all the components work? >>> I think Intel NICs are good, but everything else? I have never heard >>> of this brand before so I want to be safe before buying. The model >>> number[2] is "6501-30" >>> >>> [1] http://www.bsdnow.tv/tutorials/openbsd-router >>> [2] https://soekris.com/products/net6501/net6501-30-board-case.html >>> >>> greetz, >>> SmithS
