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From: dave@odyssey.ucc.ie
Subject: SUMMARY: REQUEST: Info on FreeBSD as router ?
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Organization: University College, Cork
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 15:29:36 GMT
thanks to all who responded to my original request. All responses were
either positive or very positive with regard to their own experience.
Finally I mentioned that I was a little worried about the warning pertaining
to FreeBSD routing in the FAQ. It mentions non compliance with internet standards. I am not sure if this is something lying
around that does not apply to the recent BSD releases, but Ill include it in
the hope that someone can clarify this as well ...
----------- From the FAQ ---------------------
8.2: I've heard that you can use a FreeBSD box as a dedicated network
router - is there any easy support for this?
Internet standards and good engineering practice prohibit us from
providing packet forwarding by default in FreeBSD. You can enable
this support by adding `options GATEWAY' to your kernel configuration
file and recompiling. In most cases, you will also need to run a
routing process to tell other systems on your network about your
router; FreeBSD comes with the standard BSD routing daemon routed(8),
or for more complex situations you may want to try GateD (available by
FTP from gated.Cornell.edu).
It is our duty to warn you that, even when FreeBSD is configured in
this way, it does not completely comply with the Internet standard
requirements for routers; however, it comes close enough for ordinary
usage.
There is a standard `router floppy' that you can boot on a FreeBSD
machine to configure it as a network router. Please look in:
freefall.cdrom.com:pub/incoming/freertr
and follow the instructions.