From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 13 03:28:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2916A16A407; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:28:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from prod.aconex.com (mail.app.aconex.com [203.89.192.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 647F843D46; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:28:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de) Received: from page.mel.office.aconex.com (unknown [192.168.0.210]) by prod.aconex.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B3C28AD7; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:28:02 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost (page.mel.aconex.com [127.0.0.1]) by page.mel.office.aconex.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DBED5340F3; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:28:00 +1000 (EST) Received: from page.mel.office.aconex.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.aconex.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01717-01-62; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:27:55 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [192.168.0.244]) by page.mel.office.aconex.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CC853403A; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:27:44 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9D3Rhdc017204; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:27:43 +1000 Received: from localhost (pross@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) with ESMTP id k9D3RdRo017199; Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:27:41 +1000 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: pross owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:27:38 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Ross X-X-Sender: pross@localhost.localdomain To: "ticso@cicely.de" In-Reply-To: <20061013023608.GE488@cicely12.cicely.de> Message-ID: References: <001a01c6ee4e$37745b30$1e1510ac@austin> <20061013023608.GE488@cicely12.cicely.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at aconex.com X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:38:06 +0000 Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" , Marcos Biscaysaqu , "current@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Ethernet Switch and MIPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:28:05 -0000 Hi, On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Bernd Walter wrote: > > We have a very interesting Embebed FreeBSD base system using > > Netgraph, BGP, Voip over IP (SER and Asterisk), PF, Remote Desktop Client > > (netboot), VLANs, Q-in-Q Vlan, VPN, L2tp, pptp, Xmail, Dhcp server, Wireless > > etc.. All the setting and config files are created by a "central management > > Platform" (Web Interface and Database) . We have more than 600 of this > > devices running different services for 4 years. We would like to release an > > open free version of the system and also a commercial one and we would like > > to know if you know about some kind of "Ethernet switch" from 8 to 24 ports > > able to run Freebsd and also if somebody could give us an opinion or ideas, > > we would like to know if this could be an interesting idea to do for the > > Freebsd community. > > Don't know what you mean by "Ethernet switch", but a switch is a > switch and not a host. > Do you think about doing lan bridging with FreeBSD? I try to guess and think it is doing bridging using a small FreeBSD system so you have the functionality of FreeBSD like firewalling, DHCP, routing etc. on layer 3 + above. To have it as a "distribution" ready (out of the box) to install or compile for different hardware (e.g. your ARM) sounds interesting, possibly with ways to let it boot from USB sticks, CDs or over the net if needed. I am not familiar with the (just mentioned) Pico/Nano/Tiny versions of BSD but maybe it would fit into one of them + a port to get the functionality and configuration above (e.g. for the web interface and the db staff)? If feasable the port could be more or less independant from the FreeBSD "distribution" you use. Imagine of one of the ARM hardware box dies.. Until you get a new one you set up the same on a Intel box as a temporary workaround:-) Regards Peter