I've not worked with Atom processors but I'll look in to it.
Thanks for the info.
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Subject: Re: Firewall/Gateway Hardware Question
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Terre Porter <tporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> I've given up on getting the other machine to work so I'm looking at
> building a new one.
>
> The machine will be a firewall/gateway running NAT, Web Proxy with
> Dansguardian, DHCP, DNS, NTP and VPN (~6 clients).
>
> I read so much about VPN encryption and the processor needs, now I am
> unsure if this will work.
>
You'll likely need to determine how many VPN tunnels you're going to run
simultaneously and then find benchmarks on the web.
>
> I can get this for AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
> Desktop Processor for under $120 (it's on sale), would it work ?
>
Seems like overkill to me.
I'd suggest more along the lines of an Atom-CPU based system. One of those
mini-ITX setups that use 20W or thereabouts.
Just my two cents.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Terre
>
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