From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 2 16: 7:19 2001 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 16:07:16 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from www.golsyd.net.au (ftp.golsyd.net.au [203.57.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD3F137B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:07:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [203.164.12.28] by www.quake.com.au (NTMail 4.30.0012/AH9370.63.d1acf55c) with ESMTP id esmsaaaa for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:15:16 +1100 Message-ID: <3A526D5B.6E2B0D1D@quake.com.au> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:07:55 +1100 From: Kal Torak X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Cc: Bill Fumerola , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010102175100.0252b440@mail.futuredesigns.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010102175100.0252b440@mail.futuredesigns.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010102181803.02566d48@mail.futuredesigns.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike wrote: > > At 05:09 PM 1/2/2001 -0600, Bill Fumerola wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:58:24PM -0500, Mike wrote: > > > I have kind of an odd question. I have a Cisco 2610 connected to 2 T1's to > > > Savvis. I have a pending UUnet T1. Simplest option would be get a 3640 > > with > > > 3 T1 internal dsu's. BUT, that is $13k and change. I also have a 2501 > > > sitting here not being used, and a BSD box with 3 nics being used as > > firewall. > > > > > > My idea: > > > 2 Savvis T1's on the 2610 > > > 1 UUnet T1 on the 2501. > > > Run those into 2 of the nics on the firewall box, then the other nic to my > > > switch. I would like to make the bsd box be a bgp router (possibly with > > > zebra) but I'm not quite sure if that would work or what? Configure it to > > > broadcast our routing table, and pull routing tables from uunet and > > savvis. > > > The cisco's don't have enough memory to do so, and I'm doubting they have > > > the processing power with the traffic we get. > > > > > > Any suggestions/ideas would greatly be appreciated. > > > >Drop the money, get the 3640, and if you play your cards right[1] > >I think you can fit all the above into a 3620. > > Why do you suggest going with the 3640? I'm just going for opinions from > all angles. > The main reason I am shying away from buying a 3640 is because in the 3rd > or 4th quarter, we will be getting a 7200 series router, and the 3640 would > just be sitting in the closest next to the 2501 and the 2610. There is no reason why you cant do this that I can see... Just search the archives for freebsd-isp and you will see there has just been a massive thread all about this sort of thing :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message