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From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca>
To: atk101@earthlink.net
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Can you recommend a home router
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>  want to setup my home system with cable modem. The configuration i am
> thinking of is:
>
> window pc (10.0.0.2)->router->freebsd(10.0.0.1)
>
>                       dhcp
>
>                     cable modem
>
>
> So any ol router that supports dhcp and has 3 ports should work right?
>
> Any brand/model you recommend

Yes. Pentium 200 w/ 3 nic's, running FreeBSD 4.8, IPFW and natd.

You already have the Free box there, just read the man pages for ipfw and
natd and you can avoid purchasing anything. Just as a note, I recently
replaced a friends Linksys gateway with a FBSD box and we saw a large
performance gain on his ADSL connection.


Steve

 >
> THanks,
> Alan
>
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