using a 286 as a firewall

Hi

I have a pair of 10Mb isa network cards and a 286.
its a nice compact case and the psu is fairly quite.
i believe the 40meg hard drive still works.
could i use it as a firewall ?

thank jc

Homer: There’s 3 ways to do things, the right way, the wrong way, and the max power way.
Bart: isn’t that the wrong way.
Homer: yea but faster.

hang on there a sec - I re-read this after I got your e-mail. For some reason I was reading 386. My bad. A 286 is probably worthless, except as a paperweight. You'll need minimum 386. Sorry about that.

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hey, it looks like it's worth a shot. You've got nothing to lose.

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Even if you got it to work it would be very slow. Chances are it would not be fast enough to be a very practical solution. Especially since network firewalls are dirt cheap now. Most routers designed for broadband internet sharing have fairly decent firewalls in them and they can be had for song. I would say don't waste your time with it unless you just want to see if it can be done, nothing wrong with that either. If you do proceed let us know how it turns out!

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