Dairin Mckay wrote:
> >> 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..
What about a 386SX/16? I *know* we're reaching here, but I've had this
machine forever and wanted to do this very same thing, but have always
wondered if setting the darn thing up would be worth the time. One book I
read mentioned when comparing different processors said a 386SX/16 would have
considerable trouble keeping up with a full-speed serial device under MS-DOS,
but didn't mention something as slow (relative to the serial port's maximum
speed) as 28800. I wonder if the excess CPU used due to multitasking and
managing a whole (yet small) Linux system with IP Masquarading would eat the
CPU enough to challenge it to run a modem even at 28.8k.
-Fred
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