What kind of BSD version can I install?

lewkh · 10-21-2004, 04:34 AM

I got a pentium 100 MMX , EDO RAM 64mb and harddisk 1Gb then what kind of BSD version can I install to as router. If it can, then which firewall and proxy is compatible with BSD? where can I download it?

Thank you very much!

twilli227 · 10-21-2004, 10:03 AM

You might want to read this first, it has the information you are seeking:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=177142

chort · 10-21-2004, 07:40 PM

You can install any of them. Every BSD has at least two fully functional packet filters and, unlike iptables, they're all human readable so they don't require add-on front-ends to administer them.

Spend a few minutes reading the documentation on the home website for each BSD OS. You may be shocked to discover that all the major BSD OSs are extremely well documented and you can answer almost any question by a quick browse of the respective website.

lewkh · 10-21-2004, 07:59 PM

Thank you for your helping.....

jev-bird · 10-22-2004, 02:12 PM

I'd go with OpenBSD personally I would recommend NetBSD but I hate the fact that ipv6 is enabled per defualt, and I've never tried FreeBSD so no comment there but I hear it's very stable and just as good as running Linux for a desktop. Try em all!

chort · 10-24-2004, 12:11 AM

Umm, OpenBSD and FreeBSD enable IPv6 by default too, what are you talking about? Why is that even a problem?

hypnos · 10-24-2004, 02:45 AM

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I would recommend NetBSD but I hate the fact that ipv6 is enabled per defualt

I've tested NetBSD 2.0 RCs and the installer asks if you want ipv6 enabled or not.

rehab junkie · 10-24-2004, 06:04 AM

You can use any of them... if you're comfortable with console-only work then it doesn't matter; I have two matched p133/96MB/8GB boxes, each running 4.10-RELEASE, as a mail server and web server. Both have webmin installed and I control them from the box I am currently using to type this post, which also runs 4.10-RELEASE (dual p3-800/1GB/160GB)

With X you'll find it a bit slow and chunky, but it'll always get there in the end.

PS: I didn't think Intel ever made 100MMX, I thought it was only 166 and above.

jev-bird · 10-24-2004, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by chort
Umm, OpenBSD and FreeBSD enable IPv6 by default too, what are you talking about? Why is that even a problem?

Well I have not used FreeBSD as I said before. I've used OpenBSD but have not used a fairly recent version of it. I used 3.4, not sure if it's enabled by default in that version or not cause I never really noticed.

@hypnos -- NetBSD 1.6 does not give you an option to disable it. For 2.0 maybe but that's not what I've used so there.

chort · 10-24-2004, 02:17 PM

I started using OpenBSD from 3.3 and it's always enabled IPv6 by default with no option to disable it. There's really no point in disabling IPv6, especially since the Internet is slowly converting to use IPv6. If you think for some reason that IPv6 is a security risk, you can always block it with PF.