From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 16:06:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C7A1065671 for ; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:06:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bitabyss@gmail.com) Received: from cartman.xxiii.com (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BDB38FC23 for ; Wed, 28 May 2008 16:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bitabyss@gmail.com) Received: from [172.23.23.190] (lan23.xxiii.com [208.62.177.50]) by cartman.xxiii.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m4SG6hm9077686; Wed, 28 May 2008 12:06:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bitabyss@gmail.com) Message-ID: <483D831A.7080000@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 12:06:50 -0400 From: Rob User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob McConnell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <18493.25160.836101.941905@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20080528140856.GA30599@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <2b677bda0805280731x45fc2dd4ra62a2657e11641c1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD based router ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:06:47 -0000 Bob McConnell wrote: > I don't need that many Ethernet ports, but I do need most of those PCI > slots. I was unable to locate a box with more than four slots and a > warranty that was acceptable to our Production group. I'm still not sure > about the warranty or that we can buy it in a case with power supply. These guys have a 2 or 4 port nic for < $100: http://www.soekris.com/lan16x1.htm Try Ebay for the Adaptec ANA-6944-TX. It's a 4 port based on the old DEC chipset (de driver) Usual can be had for <= $10. This is a good article on some free-ware packages you might like to start from: http://www.fsckin.com/2007/11/14/7-different-linuxbsd-firewalls-reviewed/ -R