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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mistral.co.uk!usenet From: plaker@cybar.co.uk (Pete) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Routing... as good as hardware ? Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 15:26:34 +0000 (GMT) Organization: CYBAR Internet Cafe/Bar & Restaurant Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4covfb$1g7@news.mistral.co.uk> Reply-To: plaker@cybar.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: marv29.mistral.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.38 I've been convinced that FreeBSD would be a good OS for my pentium mail/web/news/ftp LAN server, but can FreeBSD on a seperate 386 really be as reliable and more monitorable and configurable than the 'black box' option ? If so, this is much much cheeper, why doesn't EVERYBODY do this instead of spending a fortune on a hardware router ? Basically, if someone has really experienced both, what are the advantages/disadvantages of both methods of routing ? Pete.