From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 2 12:45:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7ECB37B903 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:45:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from forrestc@imach.com) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA17439; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:46:20 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:46:18 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Joe Greco Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, francis@usls.edu Subject: Re: Cyclades Z series vs. Cisco 2600 In-Reply-To: <200008021621.LAA70715@aurora.sol.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Joe Greco wrote: > > How does the Cyclades Z series system on a FreeBSD machine compare to > > a Cisco 2600 router in terms of async/dialup performance? I'm also > > interested to know why you chose Cyclades over Cisco and vice versa. > > Basically a Cisco 2600 is a dinky little router with very few overall > resources. It has a nice 1U form factor that makes it attractive for > tight locations, and of course it's got fewer moving parts than a PC. > I'm guessing that you can get 16-port serial modules for it, although > I don't know... but if the modules can do 230,400 I'd be impressed, > and I'm fairly sure that the unit would be saturated trying to handle > a few dozen busy ports. Technical specs: A 2600 has a 50MHz RISC CPU. You can get either 16 or 32 port serial cards which are capable of up to 134.4kb/s. If you need the 2600 for other things (such as your connection to the internet) then this might be just what the doctor ordered. However, I think it might not be the best solution. Have you considered picking up a used Pormaster 2? You can get a 30 port version for less than 500 regularly on Ebay. I have used these heavily over the years and as far as terminal servers go I really don't think you can go wrong with one of these. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message