From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 6 6:48: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085C415295 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 06:48:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from workstation.etinc.com (port24.netsvr1.cst.vastnet.net [207.252.73.24]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA14898; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 09:47:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199908061347.JAA14898@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 21:56:20 -0400 To: Martin , "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" From: Dennis Subject: Re: 2 queries In-Reply-To: <37AAC688.9CC101DA@tampabay.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:27 AM 8/6/99 -0400, Martin wrote: >Hello everyone :) > >I'm looking into the ISP/ hositing business and have had mail servers, web >servers, news server and firewall NAT/IP masquerading going on an internal >network. > >I have two queries though as I think I'm missing something. > >1) If you can route traffic through a gateway machine, what is the >requirement for a router ? More IP's ? faster routing ? > a) Has anyone tried the Linux router project software ? Our new routers come with both Linux and FreeBSD...one of them oughta work :-) You'll need bandwidth management also. Its in there. www.etinc.com Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.etinc.com T1/T3 boards for FreeBSD and Linux Multiport T1/T3 Routers Industrial Strength Bandwidth Management Solutions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message