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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!news.enteract.com!news.inetnebr.com!legba.synergy.net!gatekeeper.cso.com!cso.com!emka From: emka@cso.com (Eric Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD as router Date: Wed, 05 Feb 97 21:55:54 GMT Organization: Central States Health & Life Co. of Omaha Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5daaes$9sd@gatekeeper.cso.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 138.110.1.3 Summary: What are the capabilities of FreeBSD as a router? X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Keyword: router bootp Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35205 I know that it is possible to set up FreeBSD to act as a router. My questions are: How many NIC cards (i.e. segments) can it handle? Will it forward Bootp requests? Thanks, EK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Kennedy E-mail: emka@cso.com Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are my responsibility only. ----------------------------------------------------------------------