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- FREESCO, a router for networks with static routing.
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- Freesco was developed in the open source tradition as an alternative to
- routing products offered by Cisco, 3-Com, Accend, Nortel etc. All of
- these companies offer products that are well made, but they are also
- proprietary and expensive. Between the cost of the equipment and
- support, you'll spend a great deal and only address one or two of your
- networking needs .. Additionally, by being closed source (proprietary),
- many of these products restrict the user from modifying the source
- software to better suit their needs and easily fix problems that arise.
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- As many of us who work in the IS industry know, Management is always
- looking for ways to make work more efficient and decrease expenses. At
- the same time though, the IS department is usually restricted by
- budgetary constraints that prevent it from implementing products that
- would do just that, cut costs and make people's work easier and more
- cost effective.
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- That is where an open source product like Freesco can make all the
- difference. It is open source (non-proprietary), easy to use and best of
- all, free.
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- Freesco is based on the Linux operating system and incorporates many of
- the features of a full operating system into software that fits on a
- single 1.44 meg floppy diskette. With Freesco, you can make:
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- * a simple bridge with up to 3 Ethernet segments
- * a router with up to 3 Ethernet segments
- * a dialup line router
- * a leased line router
- * an Ethernet router
- * a dial-in server with up to 2 modems
- * a time server
- * a dhcp server
- * a http server
- * a print server (requires TCP/IP printing client software)
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- Freesco also incorporates firewalling and NAT which are resident within
- the Linux kernel to help protect you and your network. All of these
- features can be used in conjunction with each other or individually.
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- How does Freesco do all this? By using only what you need from the Linux
- operating system and by utilizing the best in "small" *nix programs such
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- * thttp (http://www.acme.com/)
- * lpr daemon (by Steve Flynn)
- * and many standard small linux programs
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- Unlike many commercial products, set-up of Freesco is very simple.
- Freesco contains a configuration utility that makes set-up and
- maintenance of the system easy and fast. Providing you have the basic
- information needed to operate the system, i.e., IP address, gateway
- address, how you want to use the system(s) etc., setup can be completed
- in less that 10 minutes. Once the configuration is complete, all it
- takes is a simple reboot and connection to your network to begin using
- Freesco and enjoying what it allows you to do. Freesco even provides a
- web control interface so that you can administer the system from any web
- browser anywhere, anytime. How is that for convenient?
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- Support for Freesco is supplied through our web board. There you can ask
- any question pertaining to set-up and use, or view postings that have
- already been placed by other Freesco users. When posting a question, you
- will usually get a response within 24 hours from either the Maintainer
- or another Freesco user. And best of all, you don't have to pay for the
- support, that's the beauty of the open source community and Freesco.
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- We hope you enjoy using Freesco! Visit us here frequently for new
- versions and updates to ensure that you get the best performance from
- your system.
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- *Some technical info:*
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- * Linux 2.0.38 + IP masquerad
- * DHCP server (Internet Software Consortium <http://www.isc.org/>)
- * DNS server (Internet Software Consortium <http://www.isc.org/>
- BIND v4)
- * Web server (ACME Labs <http://www.acme.com/> thttpd)
- * Time server (proprietary)
- * Print server (Steve Flynn)
- * dial-in server
- * up to 3 ethernet cards (most cards supported by linux)
- * up to 2 modems
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- Control via: telnet, web, console.
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- Designed by K-Ray <mailto:webmaster@freesco.info> Last update: 2003-03-24
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