[Soekris] Want to build a router

[Bill Maas]

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 12:51 -0400, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
> > You may find that you prefer one of the BSDs.
> 
> I was just sitting here playing with OpenBSD and it's been a hair
> raising experience so far :/ 
> 

Maybe this will reassure you: tho OpenBSD approach towards new (Linux)
users seems to be that "only if you manage to get past the BSD disklabel
and the least user-friendly implementation of fdisk in existence, areth
thou worthy of operating our Softe Ware".

Which you apparently have, so congratulations;). The good news is that
after that, in OpenBSD everything is infinitely more "intuitive" and
simple than it is with Linux.

Bill

> I set up a basic install in Vmware and the install was a little
> tricky, but I managed to get it. OpenBSD may be a little more for me
> to swallow right now as I'm only familiar with linux, but I'm not
> going to give up just yet. 
> 
> Does OpenBSD use iptables just like linux for packet filtering? Are
> there any good front ends for it? (I really like Firehol, Shorewall,
> or a web based frontend)
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Chris Babcock
> <cbabcock at utiliware.com> wrote:
>         Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
>         > Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys!
>         >
>         > Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious
>         choice for me,
>         > I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall
>         solution I
>         > am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased,
>         but playing
>         > with BSD may be advantageous as well seeing as how both my
>         desktop and
>         > laptop are Mac's :)
>         >
>         
>         If you like Debian, then try Debian on it.  The "stable"
>         version usually
>         works pretty well on router class devices, but you will want
>         to build a
>         (newer) custom kernel with explicit support for the hardware
>         of the 4801
>         or 5501.  Most stability issues people have with Debian (and
>         other Linux
>         for that matter) are a direct result of _kernel_ version and
>         settings.
>         I usually avoid putting Ubuntu on Soekris devices, because it
>         is heavier
>         than a plain Debian install.
>         
>         Once you have the dhcp & tftp stuff working to do an install,
>         playing
>         around with OpenBSD and FreeBSD on Soekris is fun and fairly
>         easy. So,
>         if you are thinking about trying either of them, you may as
>         well.  You
>         may find that you prefer one of the BSDs.
>         
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