From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 18 08:51:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D27316A4CE for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:51:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pursued-with.net (adsl-66-125-9-244.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [66.125.9.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC10143D39 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:51:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@pursued-with.net) Received: from [10.0.1.101] (unknown [10.0.1.101]) by pursued-with.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2185233ED8; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:52:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20040818084048.42957.qmail@web40106.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040818084048.42957.qmail@web40106.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <067810B6-F0F4-11D8-BDC8-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Kevin Stevens Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:53:07 -0700 To: Dino Vliet X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd compatible routers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:51:42 -0000 On Aug 18, 2004, at 01:40, Dino Vliet wrote: > @home we have a cable internet connection and I want > to attach a router to it to be able to share the > internet connection of 1 standalone winxp pc and a > laptop running freebsd 4.10 > The cable connection uses dhcp to assign me a > ip-address. I also would like a switch to be able to > set up a lan between the pc's at home. Most of the products out there combine a 4/5 port switch with the router. > Personally I would favour a netgear solution but some > of the don't allow port forwarding and even though I > don't know at the moment if I will need this, I do > want a product which is capable of doing that:-) I'm not aware of any router/firewall products which don't offer port forwarding, though sometimes it's called something different. Which Netgear product are you referring to? > What are the best freebsd compatible routers? Well, Cisco 3660s are nice... The phrase "freebsd compatible router" is pretty meaningless, FreeBSD uses a standard TCP/IP implementation and so do routers, so they are all interoperable. The only thing you might find is a product that has a Windows-specific setup program, but that is very rare on current equipment - they all use browser-based setups. Buy the cheapest thing on sale (should be < $30 new if you shop around) and replace it later if you need some specific different feature. > Will te fact that I use freebsd on my laptop be a > serious constraint? Depends on what you're trying to do with it. KeS