From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 23 08:44:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA05365 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 08:44:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA05360 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 08:44:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [204.141.95.138]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA09636; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:51:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19971023114430.00a6f4e0@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 11:44:36 -0400 To: Damian Hamill , "N. Del More" From: dennis Subject: Re: Router Cards? Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:06 AM 10/23/97 +0100, Damian Hamill wrote: >N. Del More wrote: >> >> Does any one have any experience or knowledge about the Emerging >> Technologies ET/5025x or the SDL Communications WANic or RISCom boards >> insofar as their suitabilty as a router is concerned? >> >> Both companies basically claim that you pop it in either your server or a >> spare system and through the wonders of software and technology ... bingo >> ... instant router. where do we make such a claim? :-) >> >> Seems like a VERY attractive alternative to a VERY expensive Cisco on the >> surface especially for a startup like me. What we claim is that if you know unix, or are using servers running one of our supported platforms, that you can get excellent performance with less or equal effort. With one line...perhaps a wash, 2, better performance for the same money, with more than 2, equal or better performance for a LOT less money. Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc. www.etinc.com ISA and PCI Sync Cards for FreeBSD, LINUX and BSD/OS ET/BWMGR Bandwidth Manager