Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:47:04 -0800 From: Chris H <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible? Message-ID: <20090129054704.zhimydjekg8gk4ss@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <62b856460901290454i3ebddbfdhb6173bb2ba6d68f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090129015034.7dxisep21w04gksg@webmail.1command.com> <62b856460901290454i3ebddbfdhb6173bb2ba6d68f6@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Michael, and thank you for your reply. Yes, OpenWRT is pretty much was what I was asking about. Being /exclusively/ FBSD I hadn't run across it - thanks. :) Of course it doesn't support any Cisco products, but hey, like you said; I can just choose one that it /does/, or write a driver myself. I was also looking at Sangoma's (http://www.sangoma.com) wanpipe (ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/FreeBSD/wanpipe/) as a possible base point. It already supports BSD and works with nearly all HW. But now - in an effort to stay on a BSD platform, I'm thinking of using a combination of nanobsd, and OpenWRT as a framework to build a FreeBSD based equivalent (or better) version of OpenWRT. I think I'll fly a page now to announce the project - look for it in a ports section near you. ;) Thank you again for the reply. --Chris Quoting Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>: > Check out OpenWRT, this is essentially linux (busybox on a linux > kernel I believe) that you can load on a router and it runs on more > than a handfull of routers. It's not freebsd. Not sure if the Cisco > 837 is supported though, but many other routers are. If not > supported, just go out and buy a cheap router that is supported and > replace your cisco. > > Michael Grant > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Chris H <chris#@1command.com> wrote: >> Greetings, >> I'm RP for a fairly large chunk of IP real estate. I carved out >> a /27 segment for my home network. Which is currently running over >> a cisco 837 GW (adsl/router). I'm not really keen on it (the router/modem). >> So I thought to myself that it couldn't be /that/ hard to build a >> box with FBSD that could replace it - am I crazy? Wouldn't it >> be possible to upload a minimal build of FBSD to the modem, not unlike >> one would tftp a new version of cisco's IOS, or CBOS? I searched >> the projects area to see if anyone had tried it. But the only thing >> that came anywhere near was netperf. But the only similarity is that it >> is network related. Anyway, this seems quite feasable as far as I can >> tell. So I thought I'd ask in hopes someone might enlighten me further. >> Maybe someones already tried it? >> >> Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter. >> >> --Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >
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