Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:27:47 -0500 From: Doug Poland <djp@polands.org> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bare minimum requirements for FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <20021002002746.GA62914@galilee.polands.org> In-Reply-To: <20021001182121.L13802-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> References: <26850.63.104.35.130.1033510574.squirrel@babylon.polands.org> <20021001182121.L13802-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:22:34PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Doug Poland wrote: > > Liquid said: > > > Hey everyone. A family member asked me to setup a gateway in his > > > house so that the internet can be shared between a couple of > > > tenants. I realize it can be very easily done using a router, but > > > I have this 486dx2 50mhz at home with 8mb ram. It has a 300mb and > > > 640mb hd in it too. If I only wish to run a simple router setup > > > using ipfilter and ipnat, will it run FreeBSD? The only other > > > services running being ssh and perhaps ftp and I couldn't care > > > less about how fast it runs, as long as it "does its job" > > > adequately. One other thing, seeing as it'll be sharing PPPoE > > > adsl, I'll have PPP running in dedicated mode at all times. > > > > > > The reason I'm asking is because it only has 30-pin simm ram > > > slots, and I haven't even seen any for sale anywhere, nevermind > > > whether or not its close to reasonable. I realize that if it > > > would have 16 MHz it would probably run just fine. > > > > > > That brings the list of stuff running to > > > ppp -d > > > ftpd (maybe, I might just use the old burn a cdrom and drive over > > > method instead)0 > > > openssh > > > ipnat > > > ipfilter > > > > > > Any comments more than welcome. > > I'm successfully running a network of 16 computers behind a 33MHz > > 80486 with 16MB memory and a 250MB disk. It has two NICs and runs > > sshd, ipfw, and natd on a RoadRunner cable modem. My only problem > > is the disk is so small I can't do an installworld to keep up with > > -STABLE. > > This box doesn't even breath hard. > > Regards, > > Doug > > Was there a helpful document you used to set this scheme up? I would be > interested in whether you use a port or a switch, and how difficult it was > to figure out ipfw. Thanks. > > -- > Peter Leftwich Peter, I started with two 10Mbit hubs but had terrible results when I started adding 100Mbit full-duplexing NICS on some servers. I "splurged" and bought a 16-port 10/100 switch (the best $150US I've ever spent) and never looked back. I found the following quite useful (not in any particular order)... http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ http://www.erudition.net/freebsd/NAT-HOWTO http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html "Building Internet Firewalls" Zwicky, Cooper, & Chapman (ISBN: 1-56592-871-7) man ipfw man natd This configuration requires a custom kernel to enable ipfw but other than that, there's very little else that has to be done to make a -RELEASE box perform in this role. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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