From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 21 11:42:42 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA00881 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 11:42:42 -0800 Received: from Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (root@starbase.NeoSoft.COM [198.64.6.26]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA00873 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 11:42:39 -0800 Received: from metal.ops.neosoft.com (root@glenn-slip44.nmt.edu [129.138.5.144]) by Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id NAA14771; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 13:41:29 -0600 X-Provider: NeoSoft, Inc.: Internet Service Provider (713) 684-5969 Received: (from smace@localhost) by metal.ops.neosoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.10) id MAA13167; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 12:41:15 -0700 From: Scott Mace Message-Id: <199503211941.MAA13167@metal.ops.neosoft.com> Subject: Re: fwd without comment To: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 12:41:14 -0700 (MST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, swhite@gov.za In-Reply-To: <199503211643.IAA17307@violet.berkeley.edu> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mar 21, 95 08:43:47 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1772 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Path: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ee.und.ac.za!iafrica.com!ticsa.com!xwing.wcape.gov.za!swhite > From: swhite@xwing.wcape.gov.za (Sean White) > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Subject: FreeBSD or Linux as a router > Date: 21 Mar 1995 15:56:40 GMT > Organization: Internet Africa > Lines: 44 > Message-ID: <3kmsvo$m8i@grovel.iafrica.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: xwing.wcape.gov.za > X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > > Hi! > > Could anybody give me some good reasons why I shouldn't allow people to > use PC's running FreeBSD/NetBSD or Linux as routers on our network? I'd > heard that the networking code in these O/Ss doesn't comply with various > requirements for routers. > > I'd also appreciate any information regarding the following:- > > (1) Would such a router be compatible with our present cisco > routers? Depends on which cisco you have.... > > (3) Our network management system uses Cabletron's SPECTRUM > software. Would such a router have a SNMP MIB (MIB-II) > available that could be used by SPECTRUM? snmp support has been ported to general BSD arena > > (4) We have taken a decision to only use OSPF as routing > protocol on the network. Would a FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux > system used as a router be able to run OSPF? Would > it be able to exchange routing information with our > cisco routers? Yes, if it runs gated. > > (6) Can packet filters be put in place for IP and IPX protocols > in particular? ip: totally. > > (7) Would reconfiguration require rebooting or otherwise > interrupting the flow of traffic on such a router? major routing changes could be made via changes in gated which does not require a reboot, if you want to add/remove cards, then you totally need to reboot.