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Another group doing this is the Linux Router Project: http://www.linuxrouter.org On 28-Oct-98 [email protected] wrote: > > We are also using Linux as routers/firewalls. Our twist is that the > boxes have no harddrives! Instead we have hacked the software a little > and now run 100% from CD-ROM. Bascially / is on a ramdisk. Our typical > box has a 60MByte RAM disk out of 128MByte total RAM. Very fast. > > We can change config using ssh, save stuff using scp or make a new > CD-ROM from time to time. Either way, zero maintenance. No backups > necessary either. Works with any PC that will boot from a CD. One of > our beta testers says that a P2 266 will packetfilter 50MBit/sec easily. > > Linux doesn't just kill Microsoft's NT and Solaris. It also eats > Cisco for lunch. > > Email me if you think there would be interest in such a > "Linux Router/Firewall KIT". We are about to package a CD based > distribution plus a couple of the right Ethernet cards (this is key!) > and are looking for more beta testers. > > Dirk > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 03:20:40PM -0800, Dan Hollis wrote: >> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, John Fraizer wrote: >> > [[email protected]]:~ # /sbin/route >> > Kernel IP routing table >> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use >> > Iface >> > Gateway-NET * 255.255.255.252 U 0 0 5 >> > eth0 >> > EZone-CoLo-2xx- * 255.255.255.192 U 0 0 97 >> > eth2 >> > 2xx.xx.2xx.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 6189 >> > eth1 >> > xx6.28.xx.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 17 >> > eth1:0 >> > xx9.201.1x8.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 27 >> > eth1:1 >> > loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo >> > default core1-eth0-Ente 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 286496 >> > eth0 >> >> We're doing similar: >> >> $ netstat -rn >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt >> Iface >> 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 1500 0 0 >> eth2 >> xxx.xxx.xxx.64 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.240 U 1500 0 0 >> eth1 >> xxx.xxx.xxx.160 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U 1500 0 0 >> eth2 >> xxx.xxx.xxx.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1500 0 0 >> eth0 >> 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 3584 0 0 lo >> 0.0.0.0 xxx.xxx.xxx.254 0.0.0.0 UG 1500 0 0 >> eth0 >> >> The 255/32 route is so that the isc-dhcp server on the box will work with >> win95 clients. eth2 goes to a remote customer site via DSL. So they just >> plonk win95 machines on their hub and dont have to do any configuration. >> >> This machine is a 486DX/33 with 16mb ram. Even under heavy load between >> multiple ether interfaces with lots of firewall rules (eg ping -f -s 1500 >> from one side of the router to the other) it rarely breaks 15% cpu. >> >> Basically linux makes a _great_ multi-ethernet router. >> >> -Dan >> ---------------------------------- E-Mail: [email protected] Date: 28-Oct-98 Time: 12:08:34 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------
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