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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.mastnet.net!mds1.mastnet.net!leem From: leem@mastnet.net (Lee McMullen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Advice on Internet gateway. Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 09:42:13 Organization: Master Data Systems Lines: 28 Message-ID: <leem.2.0009B469@mastnet.net> References: <713503807wnr@prodata.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mds119.mastnet.net X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <713503807wnr@prodata.demon.co.uk> Mark Briscoe <Mark@prodata.demon.co.uk> writes: >From: Mark Briscoe <Mark@prodata.demon.co.uk> >Subject: Advice on Internet gateway. >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 02:21:48 GMT >Greetings all, > I have been asked to set up an internet gateway, and to evaluate BSDI >for the job. Basically all I need to know is: >1. Are there any other contenders worth considering as well as BSDI? >2. Is it fairly painless to set up? >Any other opinions or comments for my evaluation would be most >appreciated. >Many thanks.... >Mark. > I recently set up a gateway using version 2.01. It was rather easy considering we were starting from scratch. The only major issue I ran into is the instructions for the newsreader leave much to be desired and and issue with the SCSI card. I initially had a Bus Logic PCI card that was identified as compatiable. It had a tendency to hang in a random fashion. I replaced it with and Adaptac and there was no more problems. Lee