From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 17 00:07:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00347 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:07:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.aloha.com (root@leahi.aloha.com [206.127.224.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00326 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:07:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from 209.84.67.220 (behemoth1-218.pixi.net [209.84.67.220]) by mail.aloha.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/PIXI-5.2) with SMTP id WAA04061; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:07:21 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <34E94541.39AF@aloha.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:07:30 -1000 From: Gary Dunn Reply-To: knowtree@aloha.com Organization: Knowledge Tree X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions CC: Shawn Ramsey Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router, terminal server References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > DigiBoards and several others. > > > > > What kind of interface is available for the Internet side of the box, > > > the place where a router usually sits? > > > > That depends on what the ISP ordered and who they're connected to. This > > is often why you need a router (or bridge) -- to adapt the incoming line > > to whatever your internal network is using (probably Ethernet of > > somesort). > > You can turn your FreeBSD box into a router with a card to interface with > a DSU. I think this is what the poster was looking for. We use a 4 port > ETInc card, and they work great. So far at least..we only have 2 1.54 > feeds on it at the moment. This is the kind of thing I was thinking of. Again, my point is that today's 233MHz Pentium boxes far outperform systems which not so long ago were high-end. Any more advice from ISPs? -- Gary Dunn Knowledge Tree Honolulu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message