Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:50:39 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: low-cost/low-speed HDLC WAN card Message-ID: <39CA90BF.8DEC13D0@softweyr.com> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20000921123747.05ec3600@mail.Go2France.com>
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Len Conrad wrote:
>
> I'm back again looking for a low-cost, 128 kbits/sec WAN card, even
> ISA, single-port with HDLC V.35/X.21/V.11/EIA530. I need this to
> drive leased-line links in France.
>
> etinc.com's got a 10-year-old model 5025 ISA card but it's $475 and 2
> megabits. We use two now in our ISP and it works fine, but to use
> FreeBSD in a big nationwide VPN/IPsec project, we need to keep the price down.
>
> We can buy a Zyxel 153X WAN router for about that price, but it
> doesn't do VPN nor more than one ethernet i/f nor does it's
> non-loggable, limited packet filtering come anywhere near ipfilter.
This may sound heretical, but have you considered using the router AND a
FreeBSD firewall? Last I checked, ethernet cards to plug into the router
and the local net(s) are quite inexpensive.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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