1998.07.12, Warsaw, Poland PicoBSD @VER@ (ROUTER) ------------------ What is PicoBSD? ---------------- It's a one floppy version of FreeBSD (please see http://www.freebsd.org), configured as a stand-alone router. It offers also IP Firewall capabilities. You can find more information on the home page of this project at: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ What are minimal requirements? ------------------------------ * 386SX CPU or better (there is an FPU emulator in kernel) * 4MB RAM - the more the better. The system will run a couple of small processes in 4MB - enough to configure static routes and IP Firewall. If you want to run routed(8), you'll need at least 6MB. * Modem sitting on COM1-COM4 (default is to use COM2), if you want to have a PPP connection. * Network card: compatible with NE2000, PCI Intel, 3Com 3c509 or with DEC chipsets (ed, ep, fxp and de drivers). The kernel supports two of them (i.e. 7 total) plus two PPP connections (tun interfaces). So you can easily build something like router with as many as 9 outlets :-) For detailed description and list of supported hardware see the original documentation, or: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html I'll be glad hearing from you about your experiences with PicoBSD. Thanks. Have fun! Andrzej Bialecki