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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:13:15 +1030

Re: "Host based" routers and BGP

On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 12:04:08PM +1030, Jason Tan wrote:

 > Does anyone on this list use or know of anyone using a "host based" (eg
 > linux or <some>BSD running on a commodity -probably intel- PC and
 > probalby using gated or similar) router that is multihomed and uses for
 > exterior routing?
 
There's a freebsd-isp mailing list @freebsd.org with lots of people 
who do this (using gated and some other stuff I can't quite remember;
A couple of open-source BGP implementations, anyway).

 > Would be very interested to hear about postive, negative and middle of the
 > road experiecnes and cofnigurations if known.

What's wrong with a router?

   - mark

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