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From: Steve Roome <doesnt@work.yet>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD at end of fibre link ?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 19:00:49 +0100
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Hi,
I'm thinking of using FreeBSD as a router for our system.
It will be the fileserver/webserver/everythingserver as well, this is
fine, but I am not sure how to (or if I can) use FreeBSD as the
interface between the fibrelink and the intranet.
What sort of hardware am I going to have to get to do this, will it work
with FreeLSD and how much is it going to cost me (roughly).
Oh, it's going to be a 2Mb/s link and I think that the suggested router
was a Livingston (something or other model), maybe being used at the
other end as well. (Is that of importance ??)
TIA.
(I'd appreciate any help on this one as if I can run FreeBSD to do all
of this it would make my day... i.e. I don't want to have to admin
anything else at all... ever)
Steve.
P.S. Please CC follow-ups to email.. Thanks.
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