Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 08:34:21 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> To: bsd@shell.coffey-web.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw and ISP's. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104280833130.8714-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <005a01c0cfec$1303c6e0$6401a8c0@bduross>
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Is there a reason you don't want to do this on the 3640? It can definately handle 3mb/s and probably even more. That said, any decent recent machine with Intel Nics (pro 100b) should be able to handle the load you are talking about. On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 bsd@shell.coffey-web.net wrote: > Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 10:03:59 -0400 > From: bsd@shell.coffey-web.net > To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: ipfw and ISP's. > > Hello, > I am new to the list as of today. I work for a small ISP in Michigan, we > have 2 T1's out to different providers in which we run BGP on a Cisco 3640. > My question is this: We are looking for a way to filter traffic (if needed, > due to an attack or similar) inbound or outbound to our network. I believe I > could do this with a dual nic configuration on a FreeBSD machine with ipfw. > Would the machine be able to handle the traffic? and if so, what kind of > specs would you reccomend for a machine to do 3mb/s of bandwidth? We have a > DS3 coming in the soon months, would the machine be able to handle even > that? Here is a diagram (in my great ascii skills.. :/) > > > > > 2 T1's ----------->Cisco 3640 -------->FreeBSD ipfw box -------->Cisco > 3500XL Switch ------>rest of network(dialupandothers) > > Is this feasuble(sp)? Would appreciate any comments or reccomendations on > this topic. > > TIA, > Brian S. DuRoss > bsd@shell.coffey-web.net > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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