Hardware

Gang,

I have an Atom D2500 Intel board, 2GB RAM, two gig NICs, and a 250MB Seagate Pipeline disk (will likely replace this with a USB drive for monowall).  I have been running Untangle for a few months, and had numerous issues.  Large downloads would abort randomly (linux ISOs, service packs, movies, etc).  When I run my network without Untangle, I get 1-3MBps download speeds (I have a 30mbps cable connection).  With Untangle, this drops by almost 70%.  Netflix stuttered badly, randomly.  Without Untangle, its perfect.

I'd like to try monowall as a replacement, and am wondering if the hardware will support what I'd like to do (basic firewalling and some traffic shaping).

I believe my hardware should be more than sufficient, but I'd like to make sure before I get started.  This is a basic home network with a small collection of wired and wireless devices.

Any comments?

Thanks.

Your hardware is well into overkill territory.

Cool.  Its low power, which is the main idea.  Thanks!

It might depend on what the second NIC is.  Most nics are supported, but not all, and some nics work better than others even if they're supported.

Not that it actually matters for m0n0wall, but I'm assuming that your Seagate Pipeline is 250GB, not MB (although m0n0wall would fit on a 250MB storage "unit".)

Sorry.  Yeah, GB.  Although I will repurpose the hard disk elsewhere and use a 2GB USB stick for monowall.

The Intel Atom board comes with two Intel gig NICs onboard, so I should be GTG as far as support goes.

Cool, on my initial search I didn't see much of any with dual LAN ports, although, admittedly, I didn't search for long.