Hi There!

I am Aussie, albeit only half... (the better half!!). I currently live in
Montreal, Canada, and grew up in Vienna, Austria.

I run NetBSD 1.4.2 on a Q700 (as well as other installations on PC
machines), and use it to share my DSL connection across my home.

NetBSD has my complete vote of confidence, the uptime is only ever limited
by power outages (can't afford UPCs for those old machines...).

When you do the benchmarking, don't involve your harddisk (eg, ftp some
files to /dev/null or the like), since I find the harddisk is the limiting
factor for my Q700...

Alright, enough spam for the moment,

Richie



On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Matthew J. Hall wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> just a quick introduction to the list - I've just installed NetBSD on 
> a mighty IIci (36/2Gb) for the second time. I'm a Mac nut from back 
> when I did a CompSci degree, although hardcore programming isn't my 
> thing right now (not sure if it ever was... ;)
> 
> I'm using the firewall archive (based on 1.4.2 I think) and 
> directions from Mr Winkler <http://www.erols.com/ewinkler>. My first 
> install was to share a modem connection, this time it is to share my 
> @home cable ... seems to be working very well (and pretty good 
> download speeds) so far.
> 
> My next steps will be to :
> 
> 1) attempt to benchmark the performance of the NetBSD connection vs. 
> direct cable into a Performa 6360 just for interest
> 
> 2) to figure out how to get this system upgraded to a more up-to-date 
> kernel and
> 
> 3) to figure out some way of monitoring the firewall side of things 
> to see just how many hits I get looking for an IIS server ;)
> 
> Well that's it from me ... any other Aussies here?
> --
> Matthew Hall -o0o- psyke@arrakis.com.au
>      "How Dogs and Men Are the Same :
>         Both have irrational fears
>           about vacuum cleaning"
>