From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 11 18:04:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CAB16A420; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:04:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josh@metropark.com) Received: from web.metropark.com (209.248.134.200.nw.nuvox.net [209.248.134.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D4243D45; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:04:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josh@metropark.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by web.metropark.com (8.12.10/8.12.3) id j9BI4tXW096787; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:04:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from josh@metropark.com) Received: from jweaver (users.metropark.com [209.248.134.245]) by web.metropark.com (8.12.10/8.12.3av) with ESMTP id j9BI4qLl096732; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:04:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from josh@metropark.com) From: "Joshua Weaver" To: "'free bsd'" , Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:06:58 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0021_01C5CE64.AC878060" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcXOjpHvXeL0kJ87TJSBCD7GZgOPjQ== X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: GRE tunnels anyone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:04:55 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C5CE64.AC878060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The company I work for uses a lot of multicast tunnels, usually with a QOS/GRE implementation with quite pricy hardware. I googled around a bit, it looks like basic vpn is supported for FreeBSD. I guess my questions are 1.) Does FreeBSD play well with vpn-capable routers (like a 3Com 5012) 2.) Would getting acceptable latency tunneling multicast mean hardware that's just as expensive as a router costing thousands? TINA Joshua Weaver Senior Systems Engineer Metropark Communications, Inc. (314) 439-1900 main (314) 439-1313 fax (866) NBX-HELP Metropark's Home Page http://www.metropark.com WorldWide NBX Support http://www.nbxhelpdesk.com NBX Accessories http://www.nbxsoftware.com ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C5CE64.AC878060--