Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:07:30 -1000 From: Gary Dunn <knowtree@aloha.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD as router, terminal server Message-ID: <34E94541.39AF@aloha.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980216232054.14037B-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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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
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