[TriLUG] Snort questions

[gregbrown at mindspring.com]

I'm new to installing and configuring snort.  I'd like to run snort on my home network to tweak and play with.  Here my is my current setup and what I'd like to do:


Internet -> cable modem -> m0n0wall -> home server

What I'd like to do it:

Internet -> cable modem -> m0n0wall -> repeater -> home server
                                                                 |
                                                                 |------> 2nd card on home server running snort

At the moment my home "server" is a P-II doing essentially disk sharing and acting as a printer server and syslog server for m0n0wall.  Would running snort crush my meager processor?   

Greg