Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:02:14 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> To: Drew Beck <dgb@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a freeBSD box as an ISDN router Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971217205545.25170A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <199712180110.RAA08245@banger>
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This is the exact setup I am currently using. However, I believe using a Cisco to do routing would vastly improve performance. A real router can handle faster throughput, and would be dedicated solely to routing. However, I am pleased with FreeBSD's performance...and price. And God knows I love the operating system. Anyway, my setup is this: I'm using a Motorola BitSurfer PRO ISDN terminal adapter plugged into a high-speed serial port on my FreeBSD system. I'm using user mode ppp (see http://www.freebsd.org/~brian for the latest verion), and its aliasing feature. I have the internal network setup on a fake subnet (192.168.x.x), and the router has a real IP attached to its tunnel (tun0) device. I enabled the gateway feature in /etc/rc.conf, and setup ppp to use dial-on-demand (see http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html for a good tutorial on this). Now this works great if you have a dial-on-demand ISDN setup, but, again, a real router is really the only solution for a nailed-up line. Joe Clarke On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Drew Beck wrote: > do you know of any sites that might have information on using a freeBSD box > as a router for an ISDN line? I'm trying to convince my local network > administrator that it would be much cheaper/faster/more exciting than buying > a real router. thanks in advance > > -drew "puffy" beck > dgb@icsi.berkeley.edu >
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