freebsd compatible routers

[Kevin Stevens]

On Aug 18, 2004, at 01:40, Dino Vliet wrote:

> @home we have a cable internet connection and I want
> to attach a router to it to be able to share the
> internet connection of 1 standalone winxp pc and a
> laptop running freebsd 4.10
> The cable connection uses dhcp to assign me a
> ip-address. I also would like a switch to be able to
> set up a lan between the pc's at home.

Most of the products out there combine a 4/5 port switch with the 
router.

> Personally I would favour a netgear solution but some
> of the don't allow port forwarding and even though I
> don't know at the moment if I will need this, I do
> want a product which is capable of doing that:-)

I'm not aware of any router/firewall products which don't offer port 
forwarding, though sometimes it's called something different.  Which 
Netgear product are you referring to?

> What are the best freebsd compatible routers?

Well, Cisco 3660s are nice...  The phrase "freebsd compatible router" 
is pretty meaningless, FreeBSD uses a standard TCP/IP implementation 
and so do routers, so they are all interoperable.  The only thing you 
might find is a product that has a Windows-specific setup program, but 
that is very rare on current equipment - they all use browser-based 
setups.  Buy the cheapest thing on sale (should be < $30 new if you 
shop around) and replace it later if you need some specific different 
feature.

> Will te fact that I use freebsd on my laptop be a
> serious constraint?

Depends on what you're trying to do with it.

KeS