Replace Cisco IOS/CBOS with freebsd - possible?

[Bruce M. Simpson]

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.
>   

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. 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