From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 30 13:15: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhub.yumyumyum.org (dsl092-171-091.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.171.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C4D737B420 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:14:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 18796 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Jan 2002 21:14:22 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 21:14:22 -0000 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 16:14:22 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver To: Craig Burgess Cc: questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD as "real router?" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020130161414.B18721-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It is possible if you have the right hardware. Ken On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Craig Burgess wrote: > Is it possible to use a FreeBSD-based machine (i386 or Alpha) as a > replacement for a "real router" connected directly to a T-1 or > other telco highspeed line? > > I have used FreeBSD as a "router/gateway" for some time, but it has > been within the LAN with an ethernet connection to the Internet. In > my very limited understanding of the way things work, there would > need to be some kind of CSU/DSU thingie between the "router" and > the telco's wires... > > thanks, > > craig > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message