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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:40:24 GMT
From:      mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa)
To:        miket@dnai.com (Mike Thompson)
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD as a router
Message-ID:  <36fd12fb.3761327633@mail.sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <MAIL4.1.19990326233717.009c8210@mail.dnai.com>
References:  <MAIL4.1.19990326233717.009c8210@mail.dnai.com>

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On 27 Mar 1999 02:44:45 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.misc you wrote:

>This is probably a stupid question (not that it ever stopped
>me before), but is a FreeBSD system capable of running as a 
>high-capacity Internet router?  I would like to run a number
>of FreeBSD servers running a web application behind a FreeBSD 
>system acting as a router/firewall.  Any examples of web sites
>doing this would be great.

Have a look through the various archives.  You will see this topic
discussed several times.  Also, you will need to be a little more specific
about the term 'high-capacity'.. In an industry riddled with
high-hyperbole, what does high capacity mean  ?  
10Mb ? 100Mb ? 155Mb ? 1 Gigabit ?  ftp.cdrom.com is probably a good
example, as is www.yahoo.com which also makes use of FreeBSD.  As an
ethernet router, I can push through over 10Mbits comfortably through my
router with a dozen or so firewall rules as well as running gated with 2
views.  If you are talking about anything faster, you are best off to test
it yourself to see if it will meet your needs or not.  

	---Mike
Mike Tancsa  (mdtancsa@sentex.net)		
Sentex Communications Corp,   		
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


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