On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 01:06:58PM -0500, Joshua Weaver
wrote:
> The company I work for uses a lot of multicast tunnels,
usually with a
> QOS/GRE implementation with quite pricy hardware. I
googled around a bit,
> it looks like basic vpn is supported for FreeBSD. I
guess my questions are
>
> 1.) Does FreeBSD play well with vpn-capable routers
(like a 3Com 5012)
>
> 2.) Would getting acceptable latency tunneling
multicast mean hardware
> that's just as expensive as a router costing thousands?
Joshua,
We run a tunnel using gif interfaces, managed by racoon.
The
performance is less than super, but I think that's a
constraint of our
network resources.
My answer would be: "Why not grab a spare box and try
it out?" If the
day's diversion may lead you to saving thousands, then
please spend a
little more effort and write a brief article on a blog or a
journal
somewhere to help the next person who comes along asking
your question.
The handbook has a great chapter on
how-to-setup-a-tunnel-from-scratch,
though it sounds like you don't need a lot of hand-holding.
I would LIKE to think that if we spent a bit of cash on
proper VPN
hardware, that tunnel maintenance would be easier and
performance might
be better. Well, that's an aside.
Good Luck,
-danny
--
http://dannyman.toldme.co
m/
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