From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 6 18:51: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1out.umbc.edu (mx1out.umbc.edu [130.85.253.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B5E37B422 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:51:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu) Received: from irix1.gl.umbc.edu (gmiddl1@irix1.gl.umbc.edu [130.85.60.8]) by mx1out.umbc.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA17030 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:50:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:50:57 -0400 From: "G. Jason Middleton" To: Subject: hardware or software router? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am debating on whether or not i should by a router or just make one using a freebsd box....or even using freesco. I want a router for security and a firewall. I am currently running a BSD box with NATD and IPFW. Would I benefit even more by having a little hardware router (DLINK DI-707, or a NetGear cable router). It would free up a machine. My main concerns are being able to run a DNS server from behind this thing as well as a WWW,FTP,MAIL server. What do you guys think? I should just be able to forward the packets to my internal servers correct? Just like i do with NATD? hope the weekend is going well. Regards, G. Jason Middleton G. Jason Middleton _______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement: The revolution will not be televised. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message