[geeks] wtb: 2x sbus qfe

[alex j avriette]

so i was complaining on #openbsd/efnet tonight trying to get my new 
gateway set up. basically i have three networks at home:

wireless: 10.1.2.x
100T: 10.1.3.x
10T: 10.1.1.x

additionally, there are boxes connected on their own interfaces to 
protect the rest of the network (in the case of a honeypot) or to 
provide a dedicated connection to a box (such as webserver -> database 
server). the average number of interfaces per box now exceeds 2.0. i 
also plan on adding a fddi/cddi network, a gige network, and HIPPI (two 
crimsons). more machines may mean additional purpose-driven (i.e., 
fileserver, database, etc) networks.

one of the people there suggested that i take two ipx's (i just won two 
on ebay actually), put qfe's in each, and use them to do all the 
routing. the simplicity of it struck me. i think this is the right way 
to go. he was concerned that the ipx does not have enough backplane 
bandwidth to cope with it, and i mentioned that i have an ss10 that i 
have no idea what to do with. i could put two qfe's in the ss10, which 
is underpowered and has less resources than the ss20 i've been building 
up, install openbsd on it, and let it do all the routing/firewalling for 
the network. this would allow me to retire the two pc's currently doing 
the job, and let them do what sambo says is the only thing theyre fit to 
do: be cheap fileservers.

it would make me very very happy. i see qfe's on ebay for $100-150... 
anyone have a pair theyre trying to get rid of? or need the $$?

alex

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