Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:05:46 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> To: atk101@earthlink.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can you recommend a home router Message-ID: <20030320120302.A68142-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> In-Reply-To: <7087538.1048178775693.JavaMail.nobody@dewey.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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> want to setup my home system with cable modem. The configuration i am > thinking of is: > > window pc (10.0.0.2)->router->freebsd(10.0.0.1) > > dhcp > > cable modem > > > So any ol router that supports dhcp and has 3 ports should work right? > > Any brand/model you recommend Yes. Pentium 200 w/ 3 nic's, running FreeBSD 4.8, IPFW and natd. You already have the Free box there, just read the man pages for ipfw and natd and you can avoid purchasing anything. Just as a note, I recently replaced a friends Linksys gateway with a FBSD box and we saw a large performance gain on his ADSL connection. Steve > > THanks, > Alan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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