Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:41:52 -0500 (EST) From: Rashid Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com> To: tbrown@vcsun2.tamu.edu (Tom Brown) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, tbrown@vcsun2.tamu.edu Subject: Re: freebsd as a router Message-ID: <199511291441.JAA12474@rk.ios.com> In-Reply-To: <9511290020.AA25942@vcsun1.tamu.edu> from "Tom Brown" at Nov 28, 95 06:20:54 pm
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Hi there Tom, > > > hi, > > i'm running 2.0.5 and would like to know what procedure i need > to do configure my box as a router. how do i assign the 2nd > ip address to ed1? > > should i first upgrade to 2.1? > > thanks, > > tom > -- > Tom Brown loc: Wiesenbaker 232-E The first thing to do is _upgrade to the latest 2.1.* - 2.0.5 was not stable :( As for the router config - I've tried FreeBSD with 2 Ethernet cards ( SMC Etherpowers ) - it worked w/o any problemo. Didn't try it with more that 2 Ethercards though - but it should work too I think. You can assign IP addresses to different ifaces in /etc/sysconfig - it's pretty straightforward. You also have to determine which routing proto to use - unless you'll rely completely on static routing, which is pretty sufficient for small/not comples installs. You have two choices here - either go with routed or with gated. Gated is most powerful one ( runs RIP/OSPF/BGP - all open IP routing protos ) but the config is not obvious. If mucho depricated RIP is sufficient - run RIP via routed. Personally I'd like to hear if some1 here runs FreeBSD box as the router with say 3 or more ifaces ? How fast/reliable is it ? In my opinion PCI P-120/133 with 4 say SMC Etherpowers in PCI slots should beat the crap out of lower end CISCOs ... say 2*** series - both in price and perfomance ... dunno about reliability though :) Rashid.
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