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) > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.minola.ch | http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/sminola > - > My PGP key is at: http://www.minola.ch/pgp/sminola.asc > -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
