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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bsw From: bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock) Subject: Re: configuring BSD/OS to use PC as a router Message-ID: <bswDGFF9F.Jr9@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <45jaic$7hm@news.duke.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 06:56:02 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: bsw@netcom5.netcom.com In article <45jaic$7hm@news.duke.edu> gallatin@davinci.isds.duke.edu (Andrew Gallatin) writes: >We don't have the budget to install a 'real' router, and I was hoping >we could get adequate performance from a PC w/2 ethernet cards running >BSD/OS. Forget it. A UNIX-based or DOS-based box isn't capable of being a "real" router like real routers are. Don't let anyone tell you different; it will work moderately well for a while, but in the end you'll just have headaches. There are "real" routers that are fairly inexpensive. Check out Livingston. Bruce -- Bruce Sterling Woodcock --- Systems Administrator ][ sterling@netcom.com The views and opinions expressed in this message ][ sterling@netapp.com are not necessarily those of NETCOM nor of my ][ sterling@well.com current employer, Network Appliance Corporation. ][ sterling@egbt.org