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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
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Summary: What are the capabilities of FreeBSD as a router?
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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


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   Eric Kennedy                                E-mail: emka@cso.com
   Disclaimer: opinions expressed by me are my responsibility only.
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