Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 14:47:07 -0400 From: Matthew Hagerty <mhagerty@voyager.net> To: bstephens@regionsmortgage.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using FreeBSD server as a router??? Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010802144656.026f8e18@pop.voyager.net> In-Reply-To: <86256A9C.0063216C.00@smtp.regionsmortgage.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 12:53 PM 8/2/2001 -0500, bstephens@regionsmortgage.com wrote: >I have been combing the freebsd.org site for the last two days >attempting to find some documentation on how to configure and use a >FreeBSD server as a router. I have found some information on >configuring the server as a bridge as well as a filtering bridge, but >no router info. Does anyone have any leads on some info? There seems >to be a number of such articles/books for doing a similar feet under >Linux, but I can't seem to find any such documentation for FreeBSD. I >have been wondering about using the filtering bridge scheme. It would >provide the segmentation of traffic that I need but does it provide >routing tables, shortest data path info, etc. as a router would? Any >assistance is appreciated. Put 2 NIC cards in the FreeBSD box, configure them, and add this line to the /etc/rc.conf file: gateway_enable="YES" Now you have a router. You only need more of a router if you are doing route determination, i.e. 3 or more other routers are connected to your router. And if you are in that situation I would suspect you would not be posting this question. The routed daemon that does RIP routing, etc. is not needed if you have only 1 uplink (to your ISP.) or your routes are static. Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?5.0.2.1.2.20010802144656.026f8e18>