Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:38:52 -0400 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>, "fbsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: replacing a cisco router with a fbsd box Message-ID: <00a701c13222$49eb7890$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <3B8F90CB.CEFC484C@wiegand.org>
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> At work I have 3 cisco routers - a 1600, 2500, 2600. The 1600 > has proven to be the most unreliable piece of crap imaginable. Really? I've got a 1600 where I work and it's 100% reliable; that is, when the ADSL modem behind it has line sync.. :( > The cisco router runs nat and firewall services currently, should be > easy to replace with a fbsd box. I am wondering if it is possible to > replace it with a fbsd machine? Absolutely, provided that you own & manage the router. > The problem I see with this is the connection of the csu/dsu to > the router - it uses some funky block connector to plug into the > cisco router. Is there a way to convert that block connector (I > don't know the proper name for it), to plug into an ethernet card > on the fbsd box? Or is there a pci card available for the fbsd box > that will accept this funky block connector? Since you mention a CSU/DSU, it sounds like you have a Cisco 1601 (check the model # plat on the bottom of the router) which has a DB60 (high-density serial) connector. This is a V.34 serial connection which is not compatible with the V.32 serial connection that you'd find on a normal PC. However, you can get adapters to convert between the DB60 (V.34) connection from your CSU/DSU to the DB9 or DB25 (V.32) connection that you have on your PC. Even with that out of the way, you'd have to get FreeBSD to recognize the serial interface as something NIC-like, which may be more of a challenge. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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