Opinion about network....

[brahama]

Hi everybody....
I am setting a LAN at home to provide free servicess(apache+mysql+ssh+ftp, etc). I have 3 Pcs for the moment and i wanted your opinion about which one would be the best choice for each function. The network will be as follows:
gateway(NAT+firewall+router) and 2 servers(for the moment; i will be adding more).

The 3 pcs i have are:

1. AMD-K6 300Mhz with 64Mb RAM(i will be adding another module makink 160 of RAM)

2. PII 400Mhz with 64Mb RAM.

3.VIA C3 1500 with 256DDR RAM.

I would love to hear your opinions based on yours expereiences on which pc would be more useful or apropiate for being the gateway or the server.

on the gateway i will be installing debian sarge.

NOTE: I dont put the Hard drives because i can interchange them according to the choices i will make; putting the smallest one in the gateway...

Thanx very much.......

[Roxoff]

Use the AMD K6 for this, and the smallest hard drive. May I recommend you try a system like Smoothwall to turn your machine into a Firewall/Gateway appliance. It'll take away all the hard work of configuring it for you, and let you get on with installing and configuring the servers.

[brahama]

thanxs Roxoff, that was just what i was thinking and i heard about smoothwall and had already download it, but i would love to try to make it myself...but maybe for the moment you are right and i will try smoothwall...

thanxxxsss