From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 7 8:56:37 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 404E237B406 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:56:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by everest.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.32 #1) id 15U9CG-000Clt-00; Tue, 07 Aug 2001 18:55:08 +0300 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:55:07 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Joseph Gleason Cc: kweheria@iconnect.co.ke, FBSD-Q Subject: Re: Isn't it true? Message-ID: <20010807185507.F35856@everest.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Joseph Gleason , kweheria@iconnect.co.ke, FBSD-Q References: <20010807181041.C35856@everest.wananchi.com> <00b101c11f55$962a7290$0a2d2d0a@battleship> <20010807183958.D35856@everest.wananchi.com> <000b01c11f58$e48466f0$0a2d2d0a@battleship> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000b01c11f58$e48466f0$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: 6:53PM up 5 days, 44 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.25, 0.18, 0.18 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 18:52]: writing on the subject 'Re: Isn't it true?' Joseph> ----- Original Message ----- Joseph> From: "Odhiambo Washington" Joseph> To: "Joseph Gleason" Joseph> Cc: "FBSD-Q" ; Joseph> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:39 Joseph> Subject: Re: Isn't it true? Joseph> Joseph> Joseph> > * Joseph Gleason [20010807 18:28]: writing on the Joseph> subject 'Re: Isn't it true?' Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> > Joseph> ----- Original Message ----- Joseph> > Joseph> From: "Odhiambo Washington" Joseph> > Joseph> To: "FBSD-Q" Joseph> > Joseph> Cc: Joseph> > Joseph> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 11:10 Joseph> > Joseph> Subject: Isn't it true? Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> > Joseph> > Such a dumb subject line but isn't it true that nobody in the Joseph> > Joseph> > knowledge-rich FreeBSD world has ever gone out of their 'mind' Joseph> (I mean Joseph> > Joseph> > their way) and done something like substituting a FreeBSD box Joseph> for a Cisco Joseph> > Joseph> > router like this: Joseph> > Joseph> > Telco Link _____ Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> LAN<-->[____]----->[...]================[...]----->|_____|<----->LAN Joseph> > Joseph> > FreeBSD Mainstreet Mainstreet Cisco Joseph> > Joseph> > Box 2701 2701 2522 Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > If someone _ever_ tried it, I request to share in their feat ;-) Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> > Joseph> Based on this diagram, it looks like you are running a telco link Joseph> from 2701 Joseph> > Joseph> Mainstreet to 2701 Mainstreet. Joseph> > Joseph> I don't see the point of that really, but I'm sure telco would be Joseph> happy to Joseph> > Joseph> install it for you. Joseph> > Joseph> > You're right on that point. I am linking two offices which are 10Km apart Joseph> > and I am trying to use only what I have. I was trying to see if I can save Joseph> > the cost of a second Cisco router. Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> > The mainstreet 2701 has a serial cable and I think I can use some wiring Joseph> > standard (v.34?) to hook it into a serial port on the FreeBSD box... Joseph> > Joseph> > Joseph> Joseph> What sort of telco link are we talking about here? This is a switched digital circuit from the Telco. Joseph> You can have diffrent devices on each end, as long as they speak the same Joseph> protocol. Like HLDC or PPP. That is another promising development. You've seen the posting by Max? He's done such a thing before ;-) -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. Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children. (contributed by Chris Johnston) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message