I'm curious about where you are going to get the weblet with lrpstat for
bering.  Are you going to make this package by hand, or is it already
out there?  I would be interested in using it...

-Mark Ivey-


On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 11:04, Sandro Minola wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> The company I'm working for is currently looking for a WAN-backbone
> router/firewall.
> Little ASCII art that everyone know what I mean with "WAN-backbone":
> 
> -------
> | LAN |
> -------
>    |
>    |
> -------------------------
> |Backbone Switch for LAN|
> -------------------------
>    |
>    |
> -------------
> |LEAF Router|
> -------------
>  | | | | | |
> several WAN Networks connected via 10BaseT Ethernet (normal Twisted Pair
> Ethernet)
> 
> 
> We had a look at Nokia IP650 Firewalls, Cisco Routers and several Layer 3
> Switches.
> Because all WAN Networks are connected via Ethernet, there is no need for a
> Cisco router which provides serial interfaces for WAN modems.
> 
> We need about 16 Ethernet Ports (1 for LAN, about 15 for all WAN's). We also
> want some sort of filtering/firewalling. Because a Layer 3 Switch don't
> provide any firewalling and logging options, the only product left is the
> Nokia firewall (or similiar products). But these Nokia devices are VERY VERY
> expensive.
> 
> I use LEAF for privat usage since two years. I'm also one of the developers
> and very familiar with LEAF. That's why I suggested LEAF for this job to my
> boss.
> 
> I wrote this mail for two reasons:
> 1. to let you know that LEAF will be used for an enterprise (not SOHO)
> 2. to hear your comments about this idea
> 
> The following configuration is planned for the router:
> 
> Hardware:
> -Compaq Proliant ML370 G2 Rack (6 PCI Slots, 3 are 66Mhz 64bit), 1.4GHz PIII
> CPU, 128MB fault tolerant RAM
> -redundant fans and power supply
> -hardware RAID-1 (integrated RAID controller)
> -1x Comapq copper Gigabit Ethernet adapter (66MHz 64bit, to connect the
> router to the LAN)
> -5x D-link DFE-580TX 4 Port 10/100 Ethernet adapters (the DFE-580TX is a
> server card so it's not CPU intensive)
> 
> This results in a 22Port Ethernet router (1 Gigabit, 20 10/100 d-link, 1
> 10/100 integrated compaq)
> 
> Software:
> -Bering RC3 running latest shorewall
> -Latest modules for the DFE and Compaq cards (compiled by me)
> -dhcprelay
> -sshd
> -netsnmp (for MRTG statistics)
> -weblet with LRPStat (for live statistics)
> 
> 
> Do you have any comments, suggestions, questions?
> 
> Thank you in advance
> 
> --
> Sandro Minola           | LEAF Developer (http://leaf.sourceforge.net)
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> -
> My PGP key is at: http://www.minola.ch/pgp/sminola.asc
> --
> 
> 
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