From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 2 11:22:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3203937B401 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:22:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from casper.sri.com (casper.SRI.COM [128.18.243.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADCDB43E3B for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:22:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hogsett@csl.sri.com) Received: (qmail 10694 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2002 18:25:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO casper.SRI.COM) (127.0.0.1) by casper.sri.com with SMTP; 2 Oct 2002 18:25:56 -0000 Received: from quarter.csl.sri.com ([130.107.1.30]) by casper.SRI.COM (NAVGW 2.5.1.18) with SMTP id M2002100211255514454 ; Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:25:55 -0700 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (axp.csl.sri.com [130.107.2.30]) by quarter.csl.sri.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g92IMFnr008749; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:22:16 -0700 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axp.csl.sri.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g92IMFWZ005955; Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:22:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com) Message-Id: <200210021822.g92IMFWZ005955@axp.csl.sri.com> To: James Earl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advise on gateway-setup In-Reply-To: Message from James Earl of "Wed, 02 Oct 2002 12:25:55 MDT." <20021002122555.3b9bc77c.james@icionline.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 8.8 (Time Passed Me By)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 11:22:15 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm in a similar position, but on a smaller scale. I'm trying to figure > out where these Switched Gateway/Routers/Firewall/VPN devices that are > coming on the market fit in, and where it is better to use our favorite > FreeBSD machine to do the work? Would I be wrong in assuming these > little hardware devices are faster at the job than a FreeBSD machine? I can't comment on whether FreeBSD or the small devices are better at the job. I can comment on one of these small switch/router/firewall boxes. I have deployed several Cisco PIX 501s and have been very pleased with their performance, their capabilities and their price. I have about 6 of them deployed at home (residence) offices and they are doing NAT, routing, firewalling, and 3DES VPN to the main office. They are very nice little machines. Plus they are the cutest little Cisco boxes you will ever see (about the size of a paper back book). - Mike Hogsett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message