>> I have an old 386dx-40 laying around and was thinking about using it as 
>> a router for a limited home network (maybe 2 or 3 workstations). It
>> would be used mainly as the gateway to my ISP for the other machines.
>> My question is.. is such a small horsepower machine worth even
>> considering for this purpose? It currently has 16 megs in it, but I
>> could slap in more if needed..
 
There's an ISP in my area that's comprised of almost all 486's.  They run
linux on every one -- granted, they have much more RAM in them, but they
handle things very smoothly..

dairin



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