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.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
