Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible?

inf0s at 1command.com inf0s at 1command.com
Thu Jan 29 17:29:04 PST 2009


Hello, and thank you for your reply.

Quoting SDH Support <admin at stardothosting.com>:

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>> Pfsense sounds like exactly what you're looking for. It's a stripped
>> down freeBSD with a fancy web interface (well, not too fancy, it's
>> been incredibly stable for me). I've deployed it a couple times in
>> pseudo production environments and it's been holding up well for the
>> last 1.5years+.
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> Seconded for Pfsense -- although I doubt the Cisco hardware would be
> compatible with FreeBSD, and even if it is , I wouldn't want to use it in a
> production environment without thorough testing.
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> If someone can provide more detailed hardware specs, including the chipsets
> and processor details of the cisco hardware , im sure we could realistically
> evaluate the feasibility.

Good call. I should have known better than to not provide that info.
Here is all the data I have on these:
https://bsdforge.net/cisco-data/

There are several to choose from. :)

Thank you again for taking the time to respond - and for the thoughtful
reminder to provide more information. ;)

--Chris

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