Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:51:43 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Shawn Workman <sworkman@nidlink.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Migration to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901272247080.304-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990127200020.sworkman@nidlink.com>
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or just buy an interjet.. (but I might be biased..) pre-packaged FreeBSD server with a T1 interface built in.. www.whistle.com get it from www.shopper.com I think it's about $2600 there..including the T1 interface http://www.shopper.com/prdct/748/891.html On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Shawn Workman wrote: > I currently work for a company that has a small lan( 15 machines total ) and we > are adding a T1 line in a month or so. I proposed to my boss that we should > use FreeBSD and NATd allong with a kernel built with IP forwarding as our > gateway to the internet accross the T1. > > The machine we are currently using as a gateway is our main file server (not my > choice) it is a PII 400Mhz with 128 MB ram and a 9.1GB UW SCSI 3 drive running > NT 4.0. > > My boss is foolishly considering running our current file services on this > machine as well as a web server and a SMTP server for our site and a few others > that we are going to host on site. This is the same machine that all of our > sensitive company information is on. > > I am looking for advice on how to approach him with the option of FreeBSD. He > loves M$ and was getting ready to dump 1000 on MS Proxy 2.0 when I stopped him > and pointed him toward the aVirt Gateway server.. > > I have mentioned to him, every time we add a new machine or other component to > our network, that FreeBSD could do it better and without client license issues > or costs. He just looks at me and says "Isn't that what you run at home?" so I > say yes, and tell hime it is awesome and less crash prone than NT and if it > does crash it is almost always something the Administrator messed up, or a > first time user.. > > I really want to implement FreeBSD in our system not only as our gateway but > also as our networks file servers.. > > Any advice will be greatly appreciated... > > Shawn Workman > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Shawn Workman <sworkman@nidlink.com> > Date: 27-Jan-99 > Time: 19:50:59 > > This message was sent by XFMail > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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