Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 21:54:15 +0000 From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net>, Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <33C40887.41C67EA6@tri-lakes.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709154013.1503B-100000@federation.addy.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709172542.3136A-100000@lightning.tbe.net> <199707092203.QAA28649@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > > In Nate's position where he is in a small office and doesn't need the > > added functions of the Cisco, it is a great idea for hime to build his > > own. > > Right. What I have isn't for everyone, but for small offices/ISP's who > don't have a lot of $$ to throw at dedicated hardware, the PC is a great > solution. (Especially when 'routing packets' isn't enough to have a > working network. > > > specialized box. Plus, our routers have been up for months without > > rebooting...the PC Router won't stay up that long without something having > > to be done on it (my opinion, please don't kill me for it...;) ) > > 1:37PM up 168 days, 2:07, 7 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.09 > > That was right after we installed a UPS after a storm knocked it out. > If it wasn't for the power outage it'd been up for almost a year. > If the boxes ONLY job were to be a router, would it be possible put everything it needed onto a floppy and build a system without a HD? Or at least set up powersaving on the HD and let it spin down after a few minutes? I imagine nothing needs to be written or read from the drive very often.
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