Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible?

[Michael Grant]

Check out OpenWRT, this is essentially linux (busybox on a linux
kernel I believe) that you can load on a router and it runs on more
than a handfull of routers.  It's not freebsd.  Not sure if the Cisco
837 is supported though, but many other routers are.  If not
supported, just go out and buy a cheap router that is supported and
replace your cisco.

Michael Grant

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Chris H <chris#@1command.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm RP for a fairly large chunk of IP real estate. I carved out
> a /27 segment for my home network. Which is currently running over
> a cisco 837 GW (adsl/router). I'm not really keen on it (the router/modem).
> So I thought to myself that it couldn't be /that/ hard to build a
> box with FBSD that could replace it - am I crazy? Wouldn't it
> be possible to upload a minimal build of FBSD to the modem, not unlike
> one would tftp a new version of cisco's IOS, or CBOS? I searched
> the projects area to see if anyone had tried it. But the only thing
> that came anywhere near was netperf. But the only similarity is that it
> is network related. Anyway, this seems quite feasable as far as I can
> tell. So I thought I'd ask in hopes someone might enlighten me further.
> Maybe someones already tried it?
>
> Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter.
>
> --Chris
>
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