Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:05:43 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mike Thompson <miket@dnai.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Message-ID: <36FEDFF7.59509D60@softweyr.com> References: <4.1.19990326233717.009c8210@mail.dnai.com>
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Mike Thompson wrote:
>
> This is probably a stupid question (not that it ever stopped
> me before), but is a FreeBSD system capable of running as a
> high-capacity Internet router?
Define "high-capacity." If you mean routing 10 Fast Ethernet channels
into an ATM OC-12, the answer is "not without a lot of custom hardware
and software." If, on the other hand, you're talking about routing an
internal network or two into a garden-variety single-point connection
to the internet, say anything up to about T3/E3, sure. Too many
internal network interfaces may tend to swamp the system with interrupts,
but other than that, a FreeBSD router should work fine.
> I would like to run a number
> of FreeBSD servers running a web application behind a FreeBSD
> system acting as a router/firewall. Any examples of web sites
> doing this would be great.
<plug alert=yes>
You could buy a nice network switch and use the FreeBSD machines for
what they're REALLY good at - providing services. ;^)
</plug>
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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