Your NIC's are likely 10 Mbps NICS. This is still significantly faster than your Internet connection will be. The only limitation is the speed of your machine and its ability to process as a router which should not be an issue at all. > Hi, > > I have a 486 PC that I've setup to route/firewall all my internet > traffic with Debian Linux and iptables. Been working like a champ for > over a year now. I'm planning on upgrading my bandwidth to > residential cable though from a 512 kbps up/down connection to a 6mbps > down / 384 kbps up. > > My question is does this box limit my bandwidth? The two NIC's are on > an ISA bus. It seems to work fine, it's only role in life is to > firewall, but I'm not sure if that hardware is just too plain old to > handle 6mbps. Any thoughts? > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list