From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 04:56:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2586416A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 04:56:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxc.rambler.ru (mxc.rambler.ru [81.19.66.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B8243D41 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 04:56:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kairatsan@rambler.ru) Received: from mailc.rambler.ru (mailc.rambler.ru [81.19.66.27]) by mxc.rambler.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 726A4CDAF4 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:56:47 +0300 (MSK) Received: from omega ([193.193.237.59]) (authenticated bits=0) by mailc.rambler.ru (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j194ucYl081531 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:56:44 +0300 (MSK) Message-ID: <000c01c50e63$d6eee9e0$c902a8c0@omega> From: =?koi8-r?B?88HOxNnLwsHF1yDrwcrSwdQ=?= To: Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:57:12 +0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4927.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 X-Auth-User: kairatsan, whoson: (null) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:57:53 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: compability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 04:56:50 -0000 Good day! I am writing this letter after to much letter in Broadcom, but = they did't help me. So, in our company we planed to by router with 6 = optic 1000 Mb/s adapters and 16 Eth 100Mb/s with function: 1. routing 2. firewalling 3. vlans 2,3 level. Each optic adapter is connected to Nortel switch(BPS) wich have optic = module and that BPS connected by cascade to another BPS on on same = floor, because on every floor are about 100 users. 16 Eth adapters = connected in internal servers and connected to servers in DMZ. This = solution now is working on Passport 1200(Nortel) or just Accelar. But = this router have't firewallig. ON desktops of users installed the "BEST" = operating system Windows. To much our users working in Internet and have = ICQ and working with disks from outside and when somebody of PC infected = like for example Blaster or another ANTI MS viruses that PC genereating = very big traffic by net. Thats why before we asked from popular cisco = company how much price of router with function as I said above and what = you think they said us 190000$. It's unbeleavable! Of course I am like = administrator which love only freebsd (all our server like mail,www, etc = working only with OS FreeBSD) said ok let's take some small server with = 6 PCI or PCI-X slots and insert there optic NIC's and we will have = router level 7 with all functions as we need. So we find the server: = ProLiant ML570 with inserted HP NC6770 PCI-X Gigabit server adapter, = 1000-SX (chipset Broadcom 5701(h)). Our reseller not have this adapters = and for testing we need to buy them. But I think that much better asking = you about corresponding device to FreeBSD because your company can your = company nearly to Broadcom from me and your reseller can give you for = test this card. If your test will be unhappy can you say wich adapters = is compatible with FreeBSD. If every think will be OK I will go to cisco = and will say that we have another solution not expensive and 100 times = better than their. Please help me I very want to proof them that FreeBSD = more cool! With Best Regards, Kairat Sandykbayev. system administrator.