From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 22 14:50:24 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id OAA27541 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 14:50:24 -0700 Received: from sentinel.synapse.net (sentinel.synapse.net [192.197.166.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA27535 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 14:50:22 -0700 Received: from windchime-01.synapse.net (windchime-01.synapse.net [199.84.52.253]) by sentinel.synapse.net (8.7.Beta.5/8.7.Beta.5) with SMTP id RAA00423 for < hackers@freefall.cdrom.com>; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 17:50:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199506222150.RAA00423@sentinel.synapse.net> X-Authentication-Warning: sentinel.synapse.net: Host windchime-01.synapse.net [199.84.52.253] didn't use HELO protocol Date: Thu, 22 Jun 95 17:50:17 EDT From: evanc@synapse.net (Evan Champion) Reply-To: evanc@synapse.net (Evan Champion) To: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: FreeBSD as a router Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am looking to use FreeBSD as a router to route IP between 3 or 4 Ethernet segments (meaning 3 or 4 NICs). I have a PCI 486 (Asus SP3G) all line up for the job. The only thing I need are some NICs. My question: what are the best PCI Ethernet (10base2 at this time, though combo cards would be appreciated) NICs available that work with FreeBSD? On top, if anyone has had any experiences (good or bad) with this sort of a setup I'd like to hear about it. While I'm sure many people would suggest that I get a Cisco or a similar box to do the job, I really can't justify the cost of one of those units in our small business environment. A PC running gated gives the best price/performance ratio. Evan -- Evan Champion evanc@synapse.net * Visit our World Wide Web Server Director, Internet Systems * at Synapse Internet *