ThinkPad T61 Model 7663-CTO
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 4:51 pm
Hi!
22 May 2016 I wrote http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... s+firewall detailing a build for a ThinkPad T61 Headless Firewall on Fedora 23.
I've been using this firewall ever since but noticed occasional "hitching" when playing games or using VOIP where everything just stops for 2 to 20 seconds. The challenge is it is infrequent so difficult to test. I have tested using ping and discovered complete packet loss during the periods of hitching I experience (via game or voip).
My question: Is my ThinkPad (see hw detail, below) powerful enough to support being a router, dns, and firewall for a 300mb/s connection?
HW Details:
1 ThinkPad T61 Type 7663-CTO
- Note: For those that aren't TP-experts the "CTO" means "Configured To Order".
- 2G Memory, 200GB HD, ethernet: Intel Corp. 82566MM Gigabit (sb NIC)
1 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
22 May 2016 I wrote http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... s+firewall detailing a build for a ThinkPad T61 Headless Firewall on Fedora 23.
I've been using this firewall ever since but noticed occasional "hitching" when playing games or using VOIP where everything just stops for 2 to 20 seconds. The challenge is it is infrequent so difficult to test. I have tested using ping and discovered complete packet loss during the periods of hitching I experience (via game or voip).
My question: Is my ThinkPad (see hw detail, below) powerful enough to support being a router, dns, and firewall for a 300mb/s connection?
HW Details:
1 ThinkPad T61 Type 7663-CTO
- Note: For those that aren't TP-experts the "CTO" means "Configured To Order".
- 2G Memory, 200GB HD, ethernet: Intel Corp. 82566MM Gigabit (sb NIC)
1 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
Code: Select all
~]# dmidecode | grep Version
Version: xxxxxxxx (2.29 )
Version: ThinkPad T61
Version: Not Available
Version: Not Available
Version: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz
SBDS Version: 03.01