Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:49:00 -0600 From: "Jay Austad" <austad@marketwatch.com> To: "'Vincent Poy'" <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>, "Eric Six" <erics@sirsi.com> Cc: "'Craig Burgess'" <craig@CheetahUSA.net>, "questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD as "real router?" -- gated Message-ID: <54180709DD3FE145917BB165AFE7EFA002E0D3CF@mspexch2.office.mktw.net> In-Reply-To: <20020130112529.K37944-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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On this subject, I'm having problems finding decent examples for a gated config. I basically have a box that I want to run gated for progating routes via rip, but I want to exclude one interface from broadcasting and accepting routes, and also I need to prevent gated from advertising the network on that interface. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Vincent Poy [mailto:vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET] > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:27 PM > To: Eric Six > Cc: 'Craig Burgess'; questions > Subject: RE: FreeBSD as "real router?" > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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