From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 30 13:27:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [216.235.52.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E38FE37B41A for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:27:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0ULR7542833; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:27:07 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:27:06 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Eric Six Cc: "'Craig Burgess'" , questions Subject: RE: FreeBSD as "real router?" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020130112529.K37944-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> 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 We're doing it for the past 6-7 years... All you need is a Serial Interface card from someone like Emerging Technologies, Inc. (www.etinc.com) and then a external CSU/DSU and if you wanted bgp4 or some other protocol not covered in FreeBSD, use something like zebra or gated. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Eric Six wrote: > > Theoretically this is possible, depending on the amount of users and system > that bsd is running one. As for a CSU/DSU, there interface cards out there > that are csu/dsu's for computers. Last time I checked, the prices were > pretty high, but then again, not as much as a full blown router and wic > card. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Burgess [mailto:craig@CheetahUSA.net] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:00 PM > To: questions > Subject: FreeBSD as "real router?" > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message