From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 30 10: 8: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.dra.com (mail.dra.com [192.65.218.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5EF37B416 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:07:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from stlmail.dra.com (stlmail.dra.com [192.65.218.119]) by mail.dra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA19227; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:07:53 -0600 (CST) Received: by stlmail.dra.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:07:49 -0600 Message-ID: From: Eric Six To: "'Craig Burgess'" , questions Subject: RE: FreeBSD as "real router?" Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:07:47 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 Theoretically this is possible, depending on the amount of users and system that bsd is running one. As for a CSU/DSU, there interface cards out there that are csu/dsu's for computers. Last time I checked, the prices were pretty high, but then again, not as much as a full blown router and wic card. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Craig Burgess [mailto:craig@CheetahUSA.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:00 PM To: questions Subject: FreeBSD as "real router?" Is it possible to use a FreeBSD-based machine (i386 or Alpha) as a replacement for a "real router" connected directly to a T-1 or other telco highspeed line? I have used FreeBSD as a "router/gateway" for some time, but it has been within the LAN with an ethernet connection to the Internet. In my very limited understanding of the way things work, there would need to be some kind of CSU/DSU thingie between the "router" and the telco's wires... thanks, craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message