From owner-freebsd-net Sat Mar 27 13:31:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from granite.sentex.net (granite.sentex.ca [199.212.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9693114F15 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 13:31:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from ospf-wat.sentex.net (ospf-wat.sentex.net [209.167.248.81]) by granite.sentex.net (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA16848; Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:31:22 -0500 (EST) From: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) To: miket@dnai.com (Mike Thompson) Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:40:24 GMT Message-ID: <36fd12fb.3761327633@mail.sentex.net> References: In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 27 Mar 1999 02:44:45 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.misc you wrote: >This is probably a stupid question (not that it ever stopped >me before), but is a FreeBSD system capable of running as a >high-capacity Internet router? I would like to run a number >of FreeBSD servers running a web application behind a FreeBSD >system acting as a router/firewall. Any examples of web sites >doing this would be great. Have a look through the various archives. You will see this topic discussed several times. Also, you will need to be a little more specific about the term 'high-capacity'.. In an industry riddled with high-hyperbole, what does high capacity mean ? 10Mb ? 100Mb ? 155Mb ? 1 Gigabit ? ftp.cdrom.com is probably a good example, as is www.yahoo.com which also makes use of FreeBSD. As an ethernet router, I can push through over 10Mbits comfortably through my router with a dozen or so firewall rules as well as running gated with 2 views. If you are talking about anything faster, you are best off to test it yourself to see if it will meet your needs or not. ---Mike Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) Sentex Communications Corp, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message