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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sgi!cdp!corwin From: Corwin Nichols <corwin@igc.apc.org> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 08 Mar 94 07:59 PST Subject: Which OS for Internet gateway? Message-ID: <1802900001@cdp> Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <notes@igc.apc.org> Lines: 21 I'm going to setup a dedicated Internet gateway machine at my company. This machine's sole purpose in life will be to interface our local network to the Internet. I am planning on using a 386 running either NetBSD or FreeBSD for this purpose (as recommended by the service provider). My question comes down to this, is either of these OSes superior to the other for this purpose? The machine needs to run either PPP, SLIP, or CSLIP, and it would be nice if this were included. Pardon my ignorance, if this is common knowledge about BSD in general, just let me know. Also, would like the OS to provide some 'firewall' capability such as rejecting certain packets such as NFS, telnet, rlogin requests, etc. The OS needs good NFS client support. I'd like the OS to support the SMC ethernet boards although I'm willing to buy whatever board is best supported. If another OS would also be a good choice, please let me know. I'm not a Unix wizard, or even very experienced with internetworking, routing, DNS, and the like, but I am extremely patient and read manuals. I manage our Sun Sparc which is running Solaris 2 and thus not a recommended Internet gateway (according to the service provider). I don't noramlly read this group, but will probably start. If I select FreeBSD, I'll wait for the 1.1 release. Thanks for any feedback. Corwin Nichols