On 20/09/2007, at 4:08 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>>> location would be enough. If I had some old
7200s lying around
>>> I'd use those, in locations where replacing
drives isn't a huge
>>> deal a BSD box (Linux if you insist) would be
a good choice
>>> because they give you a bigger CPU for your
money.
>> As someone who is building little compact flash and
USB flash based
>> BSD boxes for various tasks, I can quite happily
say its entirely
>> possible to build diskless based Linux/BSD routers
which are upgraded
>> about as easy as upgrading a Cisco router (ie, copy
over new image,
>> run "save-config" script, reboot.) Its
been that way for quite some
>> time.
>> If there's interest I'll hack up a FreeBSD nanobsd
image with ipv6
>> support, a routing daemon (whatever people think is
good enough)
>> and whatever other stuff is "enough" to
act as a 6to4 gateway.
>> You too can build diskless core2duo software
routers for USD $1k.
>
> What about Soekris hardware? I don't have any personal
experience
> with it, but it looks very appealing to build load
balancers/
> routers out of, and quite inexpensive.
Adrian, Seth, anyone else interested. I've almost got a
Soekris
FreeBSD image going, working just as Adrian describes RE
upgrades,
running Miredo and 6to4 relays. I'll release for testing
within a
couple weeks, drop me an email if you'd like to play.
I'm doing both NET4801 and NET4501, as that's what I've got
here
right now.
The only stuff left to do is put some basic configs on
there, and
test Miredo some. 6to4 etc. all functions fine, it just
needs some
hand holding.
--
Nathan Ward
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