Do you know of a guide for building your own router with a pc and freebsd?
By Daki - Last updated: Friday, August 21, 2009 - Save & Share - One Comment
fatboy asked:
I’ve shopped around and read reviews. It doesn’t seem like anyone out there is producing anything that is really quality for SOHO. I read a blog where a guy said he had purchased 5 different routers in 5 months, each one quit working within 30 days. I have a linksys router now that I have to power cycle every three days and I don’t want to just spend more money on more junk; hence my decision to try and build my own device. I am very familiar with pc hardware and all of that. All I really know of freebsd though is that it’s UNIX and is supposedly very secure. What I need is a step by step tutorial on how to set things up on the software side so that I have the equivalent of a router/switch type device with DHCP, NAT and other useful protocols.
I’ve shopped around and read reviews. It doesn’t seem like anyone out there is producing anything that is really quality for SOHO. I read a blog where a guy said he had purchased 5 different routers in 5 months, each one quit working within 30 days. I have a linksys router now that I have to power cycle every three days and I don’t want to just spend more money on more junk; hence my decision to try and build my own device. I am very familiar with pc hardware and all of that. All I really know of freebsd though is that it’s UNIX and is supposedly very secure. What I need is a step by step tutorial on how to set things up on the software side so that I have the equivalent of a router/switch type device with DHCP, NAT and other useful protocols.
-Thanks in advance
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Comment from Tony S
Time August 24, 2009 at 9:43 am
Nowadays,
Initial setup is pretty easy, just make sure your hardware has the 2 (or more) NICs already installed so that the automated setup recognizes both NICs.
FreeBSD is probably a little bit more challenging than Linux (but as you say has a better reputation for security), so “after setup” configuration and maintenance might be a bit more more. Depending on how secure you want to make the box, you might consider installing Webmin(I’ve included a link to the FreeBSD port for Webmin)