Originally posted here by IKnowNot
If you are not going to run a GUI ( like X-windows ):
minimum of Pentium 233 ( or equivalent ) or better
minimum of 128 meg memory
Hmmm... My FreeBSD (4.x) firewall (for home/xDSL use) was running quite happily on a Pentium 90MHz, 24MB RAM and a 160MB harddrive.. I had to ditch it only because the Mobo died on me

It's been replaced by a P-II 350MHz, 256MB, 6GB HDD running FreeBSD 6-STABLE..
Load averages never exceed 0.1 eventhough I download a lot, run snort on it and what not..
Unfortunately it refuses to recognise my PCI WLAN card..