Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:07:47 -0600 From: Eric Six <erics@sirsi.com> To: "'Craig Burgess'" <craig@CheetahUSA.net>, questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD as "real router?" Message-ID: <DC32C8CEB3F8D311B6B5009027DE5AD503D207F0@stlmail.dra.com>
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Theoretically this is possible, depending on the amount of users and system that bsd is running one. As for a CSU/DSU, there interface cards out there that are csu/dsu's for computers. Last time I checked, the prices were pretty high, but then again, not as much as a full blown router and wic card. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Craig Burgess [mailto:craig@CheetahUSA.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:00 PM To: questions Subject: FreeBSD as "real router?" Is it possible to use a FreeBSD-based machine (i386 or Alpha) as a replacement for a "real router" connected directly to a T-1 or other telco highspeed line? I have used FreeBSD as a "router/gateway" for some time, but it has been within the LAN with an ethernet connection to the Internet. In my very limited understanding of the way things work, there would need to be some kind of CSU/DSU thingie between the "router" and the telco's wires... thanks, craig 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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