Hi...... This is basicly what I wanted to know... Thanks.....
Scouby > > For your curiosity... It's not my choice. > > > > The router is not our, it's a rental. And it's going to be cheaper to > > install a fucking old machine with Linux on it instead of buying the > > router.... No comment please. > >OK. No comment but only questions. > >What did your C2600 do? Only routing? Any routing protocols running on it? > >See, your original question doesn't make sense at all. You say you want to >use netfilter to have some feedback of the traffic on the machine. What >do you mean by that? AFAIK, netfilter is a filter/nat tool, there are some >nice logging functionality there too but if you're only interested in >"having some feedback of the traffic", do it with snort (www.snort.org). >In case you want to do dynamic routing do it with either gated or zebra >(www.zebra.org). For traffic control you'll need to do some research >on iproute2 package. > >Ramin > > > > > Scouby > > > > At 12:22 2002-04-29 -0600, you wrote: > > >Eric, > > > Why are you replacing a Cisco 2600? (just out of curiosity). If > I was > > >to get serious with it, I'd install mandrake 8.2 on the linux box and have > > >FreeSWAN for your VPN solution :) > > > > > >Vasiliy Boulytchev > > >Colorado Information Technologies Inc. > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Eric Daigneault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 11:54 AM > > >Subject: Cisco 2600 replacement > > > > > > > > >> Hi everyone, > > >> Soon, I will replace a Cisco 2600 by a Linux Box. I want to use > Netfilter > > >> to have some feedback of the traffic on the machine. I know that > basicly, > > >> Netfilter is use for security purposes, but i'm sure it can be > veryuseful > > >> in giving some feedback on plain routing. > > >> > > >> First, I want to know if anyone ever did that and a few tip would be > > >> appreciated ???? And if it's worth it ?? of course. > > >> > > >> Then, off-topic unfortunatly, if someone ever did that switch, is there > > >> anything I MUST know about the job a cisco router's doing compare to a > > >> linuxbox. Don't tell me that I have to know the routing table.... > I'm not > > >> that stupid :-) But just some stuf that I might forget ??? > > >> Thanks... > > >> > > >> P.S. I will also put a good traffic monitor on the box... The concept of > > >> Netfilter is just to add some feed back. > > >> > > >> Scouby > > >> > > >> > > >> > >
