From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 13:31:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2279816A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:31:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fidel.freesurf.fr (fidel.freesurf.fr [212.43.206.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433DD43D31 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:31:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olivier@gautherot.net) Received: from freesurf.fr (jose.freesurf.fr [212.43.206.13]) by fidel.freesurf.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id B1BCB2A6BA6; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:31:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 194.98.178.34 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ogautherot) by jose.freesurf.fr with HTTP; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:31:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <37520.194.98.178.34.1099056689.squirrel@jose.freesurf.fr> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:31:29 +0200 (CEST) From: "Olivier Gautherot" To: X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <200410291218.44989.ian@codepad.net> References: <200410291218.44989.ian@codepad.net> Importance: Normal X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.5) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: Freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making an ADSL Router X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: olivier@gautherot.net List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:31:32 -0000 Hi Xian! > I have a friend who's ADSL router has recently broken beyond repair. He > also has a Free BSD machine that is on all the time so I thought that > could become a router. > I know I will need some kind of ADSL modem but I'm not really sure what > I'm looking for. So any guidance will be greatly appreciated. > I'm currently reading http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/ > handbook/ppp-and-slip.html If you want to go the easy way, take an Ethernet modem - connection to Internet is a child's play. USB modems can be more of a chance, depending on whether the appropriate driver is available. Things you may want to look at are "gateway", "ipfw" and "jail" if some services need to be protected (http server, mail, etc.) If you want state-of-the-art security, 2 network cards would be ideal but for a home network, you can easily get away with 1. Cheers Olivier