Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:28:13 -0400 From: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@tasam.com> To: "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com>, "FBSD-Q" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <kweheria@iconnect.co.ke> Subject: Re: Isn't it true? Message-ID: <00b101c11f55$962a7290$0a2d2d0a@battleship> References: <20010807181041.C35856@everest.wananchi.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Odhiambo Washington" <wash@wananchi.com> To: "FBSD-Q" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <kweheria@iconnect.co.ke> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:10 Subject: Isn't it true? > Such a dumb subject line but isn't it true that nobody in the > knowledge-rich FreeBSD world has ever gone out of their 'mind' (I mean > their way) and done something like substituting a FreeBSD box for a Cisco > router like this: > Telco Link _____ > LAN<-->[____]----->[...]================[...]----->|_____|<----->LAN > FreeBSD Mainstreet Mainstreet Cisco > Box 2701 2701 2522 > > > If someone _ever_ tried it, I request to share in their feat ;-) Based on this diagram, it looks like you are running a telco link from 2701 Mainstreet to 2701 Mainstreet. I don't see the point of that really, but I'm sure telco would be happy to install it for you. As far as using a FreeBSD box to interface a T1 or something, certainly it can be done. Search around the lists for the hardware to support it. I personaly favor a Cisco or other hardware router for mission critical links (simply due to less moving parts), but a FreeBSD box should be able to do it just fine. I haven't done it myself, but I have setup many ethernet to ethernet freebsd routers (for firewalling or nat) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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