From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 8 18:50: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from netsrvr.ami.com.au (netsrvr.ami.com.au [203.55.31.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6336337B479 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:49:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from emu.os2.ami.com.au (IDENT:root@c0s17.ami.com.au [203.55.31.82]) by netsrvr.ami.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA00171 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:49:47 +0800 Received: from possum.os2.ami.com.au (IDENT:summer@possum.os2.ami.com.au [192.168.1.6]) by emu.os2.ami.com.au (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id eA92njZ25866 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:49:45 +0800 Message-Id: <200011090249.eA92njZ25866@emu.os2.ami.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: roter or proxy In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Nov 2000 03:38:26 +0100." <12475.973737506@www37.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 10:52:25 +0800 From: John Summerfield Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > > I am thinking about setting up, either a router or a proxy. Here's the > scenario: > > There are several computer labs (school network) and all computers are > configured to get the needed information from a dhcp-server. Now, I need to s > et > up a gateway (with a cable-modem), thru which all machines should go > online. > > My first idea was to set up a transperant proxy (using ipfw). That would > make the administration pretty easy for me. The other idea, that came up my > mind, was to create a standard-router (using routed, etc.). > > Now, my questions are: > > Which of these solutions would you recommend? A router just passes the traffic. Set up a cache with squid; it will save accessed web documents for reuse by others. Consider carefully what traffic (if any) to pass; playing Quake might be fun, but it's probably not educational. If you want to provide a mail service, set that up on the 'BSD box too, and have it relay outgoing mail. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message