Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 19:38:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Jones <bhjones@novia.net> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPX routing and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409193605.4806E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <01BC44FB.9C147E00@maryanne.novia.net>
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Brian Jones wrote: > I would like to know how many NICs can FreeBSD support (theoretical and > realistically) with IPX and IP routing. My boss is a very big FreeBSD > user but since I am the network guy it falls on me to find this out. > (He didn't know). Also, what type of hardware is required to use > FreeBSD with routing (PCI or can we get by with ISA). 2.2-RELEASE and later supports IPX routing. All you need is two supported Ethernet cards. After that, you have to set 'gateway=yes' in sysconfig, then configure your routing appropriately. You might poke Section 13 in the Handbook, it deals with routing and may be able to help you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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