Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:39:51 +0000 From: Simon Connah <scopensource@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Building a FreeBSD switch with commodity hardware Message-ID: <fd749c6c-2562-757b-aacc-492785a7c971@gmail.com>
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Hi everyone, First of all I am not a networking wizard so would appreciate a little help to see if my plan is achievable. I need a 1U switch to put in a datacentre and due to my familiarity with FreeBSD I thought building a switch based on FreeBSD would be the perfect solution but I'm not sure what the hardware requirements would be. I have 10 to 20 1gbps Ethernet devices to connect to the switch and a single 1gbps uplink to the rest of the internet. I'd like to be able to configure VLANs, allocate IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to individual machines and use FreeBSD as a firewall for the whole process. I also want to be able to expand my system at a later date if I need to be able to handle more devices on the local network so I'd need to be able to hook the two networks together somehow. What I'm not sure about is what hardware specs I'll need for this. What kind of CPU and RAM will I require and which Ethernet cards should I get? This is not a project that requires 100% up time but realiability is important during certain hours of the day. I'd appreciate some advice. If you need any more information then let me know and I'll try and provide it.
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