Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:54:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106091948390.14258@nber7.nber.org> In-Reply-To: <20110609222807.GA34570@guilt.hydra> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <BANLkTinPrEJ4LfNh8pE7%2BR3Akxj2F4Lpxw@mail.gmail.com> <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra> <A02E8905D5CFC76B890165F3@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110609222807.GA34570@guilt.hydra>
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On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 06:01:03PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: >> >> Depending on your needs, Soekris, ALIX, or Netgate products could all work. >> Most don't have large numbers of ports (2-5 built in are standard, and some >> have expansion capability), but can run some higher-level processing while >> doing switching work. > > I appreciate the information. Unfortunately, while I can find products > offered under these brands for sale on the Internet, this is not (as I > mentioned) within my areas of expertise, so I'm finding the information > about the products somewhat opaque. In many cases, it's not even obvious > which of the products I find are suitable for building various types of > network switches. Do you know of any Webpages that might help me rectify > my dearth of understanding in this area? > > Thanks to the completeness of documentation such as the FreeBSD Handbook, > learning how to build firewalls and routers is a relatively trivial > exercise. Switches are another matter entirely. . . . A switch can also be called a bridge. FreeBSD seems to have built-in facility for bridging. See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/filtering-bridges/index.html It isn't something I have any experience with, though. Daniel Feenberg > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >
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