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NAME="AEN700">6.2. Hardware and Software Requirements</H1
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NAME="AEN702">6.2.1. Minimum Hardware Requirements</H2
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> This system has been run on a 486SX33 with 8
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megabytes of RAM. It didn't run very well though, it had trouble
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handling heavy traffic.
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> It doesn't take much more to make it work though. This system does work
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very well on a Pentium 75 with 16 megs of RAM, using an LRP distribution
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running off of a floppy, with a 6 meg ramdisk, and 10 megs of main
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memory. I've tested this setup by running a 700kbit RealVideo stream
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through it for over an hour.
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> I now typically run it on Pentium 90s, as their PCI clocking plays
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nicer with cheap 100Mbit Ethernet cards.
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> This system works with both the 2.0 and 2.2 kernels. The script to keep
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the tunnel up requires a reasonably modern bash. I have however noticed
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that certain distribution's versions of bash don't play too well with
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> Also, if someone could help me refine my scripts (or even write an
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executable) that would help a lot. I'm not sure why, but even
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my own bash doesn't follow the rules and doesn't seem to interpret
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signals correctly. If you do make any improvements, please email me at
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