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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!not-for-mail From: j@interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Advice on Internet gateway. Date: 3 Nov 1995 10:40:55 +0100 Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 21 Message-ID: <47co37$ke5@ida.interface-business.de> References: <713503807wnr@prodata.demon.co.uk> <479onf$688@news.aloha.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de Lisa Collars <lisac@poi.net> wrote: >> 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? >BSD/OS is certainly the easiest to get going - as well as cheapest. This is in no way to start a flame war: but arguing it as the *cheapest* entirely ignores NetBSD/FreeBSD. Both are known that you are able to setup an Internet gateway as well with them. (I *know* about the advantages and disadvantages of a commercial system, i'm only telling you that *cheapest* is a misnomer, since its a superlative.) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de [private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]