The firewall burns again

Thanks to a friend at work, my firewall is back to operational status. He had an extra laptop drive in his office from when we decommissioned some old Inspiron laptops. The drive he gave me is exactly like the drive that was in the firewall (20 GB, 4200 RPM). I had a config backup so it only took about 15 minutes to load the new drive and restore the settings.

I still think its odd that I don’t get full throughput (6 Mb) if I use the Linksys router (BEFSX41). I used it while the pfSense system was down. The Linksys router is rated for 30+ Mb throughput but I barely get 3 Mb.

Studying for the SQL 2005 upgrade certification exam is going slow. I hope to knock it out within the next 3 or 4 months but it will probably take a little longer. There are some database projects I’m having to work on right now that are eating up study time.

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. - J.M. Power

09.May.07 Certifications, Hardware