Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 01:35:48 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason K. Fritcher" <jkf@calweb.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: router/bridge question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811090131190.22803-100000@web2.calweb.com> In-Reply-To: <199811090700.IAA27388@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Buy an inexpensive 4- or 8-port ethernet switch, and put your FreeBSD > > router on a switch port, with each of your two new "subnets" uplinked > > into other switch ports. You won't have to partition your addresses > > or any other silly admin headaches. > > while i agree that given the budget one can use a switch, i want to > point out that: > + the additional cost for the original solution is just one more > ethernet card; > + even by dedicating a full machine to the task, > a real switch (not a hub) might probably cost as much as a > leftover pentium machine with 2-3 ethernet boards; > + most "inexpensive" switches come with UTP connectors, sothe original > poster might have to put in additional UTP<->BNC adapters. Exactly. We already have a machine dedicated to being a gateway, and adding another NIC, and patching a kernel is a lot more financially efficient than dedicating a switch to a network of only ~25 machines. > and finally: > > + bridging in FreeBSD is real bridging -- you don't have to partition > addresses or admin/configure anything for the bridging part. > > not to mention that you can make use of firewall and dummynet at the > bridging level. Hmmm... What would the difference be of using ipfw at this level vs at the IP level? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason K. Fritcher System Administrator jkf@calweb.com CalWeb Internet Services http://www.calweb.com/ 916-641-9320 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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