Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible?

[Chris H]

Hello Bruce, and thank you for your reply.

Quoting "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms at freebsd.org>:

> SDH Support wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

Please see:
https://bsdforge.net/cisco-data/
for a list of manuals I have available for download on these
(and similar).

>>
>
> I'm very, very happy with pfSense. It's a case of the folk behind it 
> having followed an software appliance-style model and that's what 
> makes it stable.
>
> I know Peter Grehan was looking at getting FreeBSD onto the Cisco 827 
> a while back.

That's good news. I'll have to see if I can get more info on that.
I just purchased a "lot" of cisco *DSL/routers on ebay, in an effort
to push this project forward (I can experiment on these with less concern).

So my list of HW now includes:
* 3 - 802's
* 2 - 1604's
* 1 - 1721
* 2 - 837's

Thank you again for your input.

--Chris

> The PowerPC port has gone some way towards this, but I don't see folk 
> installing it on old Cisco hardware yet... unless the knowledge gets 
> out there.
>
> cheers
> BMS
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