Hi Chris,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Buechler [mailto:cbuechler at gmail dot com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2004 06:31
> 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:48:53 -0500, Robert Staph
> <rstaph at digitalimpreza dot com> wrote:
> > The number if interfaces might need adjusting, 
> > m0n0wall supports more than 3, not sure of 
> > exactly how many more though (as many as you 
> > have free IRQs?).  Same goes for flash mem, RAM, 
> > and Processor...  Unless you are talking about 
> > soekris or WRAP only hardware, which you might 
> > want to define a bit better.  (and even when 
> > talking about soekris you can get an add-on
> > dual or quad interface board).
> > 
> 
> I believe he's comparing to a WRAP board, so those 
> things are all fixed in that comparison.
> 
> 
> > I'm not sue of what platform the Cisco runs on, 
> > but its probably not PC based.  You'll want to 
> > mention that.
> > 
> 
> It is nothing more than a standard Intel PC.  In 
> fact you can throw a Cisco flash card (they're ISA) 
> into an Intel 440BX motherboard, throw in some 
> Intel NIC's, and have your own (illegal) cheap PIX.  
> Google PIX clone if you want details.

I have a client with a Cisco PIX 515 sitting in their rack that hasn't
been turned on for the last 18 months at least.  It is easily out of
maintenance now, and the cost to bring it back to current maintenance,
and then to be bothered re-learning the little of IOS I used to know is
simply not worth it.

The next >>obvious<< question is... As Cisco PIX 515 boxen are basically
a PC - Pentium 200, 32 MB RAM, Flash Card and a few NICs - how likely is
it that a m0n0wall image on a different Flash card would be able to boot
and run in a PIX 515?

--

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