From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 31 21:52:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C223415252 for ; Mon, 31 May 1999 21:52:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28718; Mon, 31 May 1999 21:50:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "O'Connell" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Dedicated Router In-Reply-To: <000001bea969$2b9be5d0$0200a8c0@springwoodsys.com> 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 On Fri, 28 May 1999, O'Connell wrote: > FAQ 160 alludes to deficiencies of FreeBSD as a dedicated LAN router in > terms of good engineering practice and compliance with Internet standards. I'm not sure about the standards compliance bit, but the good engineering bit is good -- the PC architecture doesn't have the bandwidth to handle the kind of data routers normally see. Plus, you can't hot-swap components. I wouldn't suggest it for a core router, but for a small office router on up it should be OK. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message