[geeks] 486 as router/firewall/server

[Geek]

How many CD's is NetBSD? FreeBSD is only one or that's all I have. How well
do the two BSD's(Net and Free) work, from experience, with those two NIC's?



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Boatman on the River of Suck" <vance at ikickass.org>
To: "Geek" <geek at geeksworld.net>
Cc: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] 486 as router/firewall/server


> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Geek wrote:
>
> > Also, which of these OS's/version are best for router/firewall/server?
> > FreeBSD 4.3, Debian Progeny 1.0, Red Hat 7.1, or Caldera
Workstation/Server.
> > I mention those because they are the ones I have burned already, and not
> > ready access to a burner(the one I do have is off site and not much
chance
> > to burn there). Any and all recommendations appreciated.
>
> I'd go with NetBSD, but out of those, it's FreeBSD.  A packet has a
> shorter route through a system running a BSD kernel than Linux.
>
> Peace...  Sridhar
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