Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:53:07 -0700 From: Kevin Stevens <freebsd@pursued-with.net> To: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd compatible routers Message-ID: <067810B6-F0F4-11D8-BDC8-000A959CEE6A@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <20040818084048.42957.qmail@web40106.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040818084048.42957.qmail@web40106.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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