From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 7 8:41:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from everest.wananchi.com (everest.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E1F237B405 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:41:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by everest.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.32 #1) id 15U8xa-000CIK-00; Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:39:58 +0300 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:39:58 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Joseph Gleason Cc: FBSD-Q , kweheria@iconnect.co.ke Subject: Re: Isn't it true? Message-ID: <20010807183958.D35856@everest.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Joseph Gleason , FBSD-Q , kweheria@iconnect.co.ke References: <20010807181041.C35856@everest.wananchi.com> <00b101c11f55$962a7290$0a2d2d0a@battleship> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00b101c11f55$962a7290$0a2d2d0a@battleship> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Disclaimer: My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 6:33PM up 5 days, 24 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.20, 0.24, 0.19 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Joseph Gleason [20010807 18:28]: writing on the subject 'Re: Isn't it true?' Joseph> Joseph> ----- Original Message ----- Joseph> From: "Odhiambo Washington" Joseph> To: "FBSD-Q" Joseph> Cc: Joseph> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:10 Joseph> Subject: Isn't it true? Joseph> Joseph> Joseph> > Such a dumb subject line but isn't it true that nobody in the Joseph> > knowledge-rich FreeBSD world has ever gone out of their 'mind' (I mean Joseph> > their way) and done something like substituting a FreeBSD box for a Cisco Joseph> > router like this: Joseph> > Telco Link _____ Joseph> > LAN<-->[____]----->[...]================[...]----->|_____|<----->LAN Joseph> > FreeBSD Mainstreet Mainstreet Cisco Joseph> > Box 2701 2701 2522 Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > If someone _ever_ tried it, I request to share in their feat ;-) Joseph> Joseph> Joseph> Based on this diagram, it looks like you are running a telco link from 2701 Joseph> Mainstreet to 2701 Mainstreet. Joseph> I don't see the point of that really, but I'm sure telco would be happy to Joseph> install it for you. You're right on that point. I am linking two offices which are 10Km apart and I am trying to use only what I have. I was trying to see if I can save the cost of a second Cisco router. Joseph> As far as using a FreeBSD box to interface a T1 or something, certainly it Joseph> can be done. Search around the lists for the hardware to support it. Well, now you seem to be giving me the direction. Does this mean that I have to use a hardware other than the DTU on the FreeBSD side? Doesn't that also mean I have to use a totally different device to hook onto the Cisco on the 2nd end? The mainstreet 2701 has a serial cable and I think I can use some wiring standard (v.34?) to hook it into a serial port on the FreeBSD box... Joseph> I personaly favor a Cisco or other hardware router for mission critical Joseph> links (simply due to less moving parts), but a FreeBSD box should be able to Joseph> do it just fine. I haven't done it myself, but I have setup many ethernet Joseph> to ethernet freebsd routers (for firewalling or nat) This option seems a bit easy with the ethernet cards. Only my situation is different. Thank you for the insight. I still hope there is someone who has done what I am thinking of doing, even though it might look legacy. I am in a 3rd world country, mate ;-) -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Wananchi Online Ltd., wash@wananchi.com 1st Flr Loita Hse. Tel: 254 2 313985 Loita Street., Fax: 254 2 313922 PO Box 10286,00100-NAIROBI,KE. Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. -Immanuel Kant (contributed by Chris Johnston) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message