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to work. But if I use the VPN I don't need to mess with NAT, and the 
connection security is already assured.

So, what would you recommend, VPN or NAT?

Now for the FAQ: minimum CPU requirements:

Another option would be to decommission my 386 router. I have a P166 
(128MB RAM) standing by which could assume the role of firewall / 
gateway. I could put * on both routers, using neither VPN nor NAT.

Would a P166 be adequate to play the role of * server? Its other tasks 
aren't very CPU-intensive in general. I might be able to upgrade that 
one to a P200MMX.

I want to run 1-2 extensions at the most, with a 1-port TDM400P 
(TDM10B?) card, on the end with the P166. Bandwidth is supplied by 
cable modems on both ends, 256KB/s upstream.

I've been looking through the docs and the list archives (better search 
features would be nice :) and this question comes up a lot, but no 
definitive answer is provided, that I have found anyway. I do 
understand that the answer is relative to the anticipated load. Could 
this be added to the FAQ, please?
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