Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:53:39 -0500 From: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Archive Service <archive@in-design.com> Cc: Intuitive Design Info <info@in-design.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATM Frame Relay vs P2P? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970219195335.00af7920@etinc.com>
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At 10:25 AM 2/19/97 -0500, Archive Service wrote: >On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Jim Dixon wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Intuitive Design Info wrote: >> >> > Since we are on the subject... What have people's experience been >> > with SMDS vs. Frame Relay or a DS1? All at simular streams. General >> > feelings, some of the pricing and the like? >> >> SMDS has very very high overheads. As I recall you get 1.07 Mbps over >> a 1.544 Mbps T1. Avoid it. >> >> Frame relay has acceptable overheads and is usually significantly >> cheaper than a straight T1. >> > > > ok Frame Relay it is, then! > > next I have looked and it seams my choises for routers are: > > 1) 1601 Cisco Router > 2) 2509 Cisco Router Why not put a Frame Relay card in a FreeBSD system and support any number of customers? Just a thought. Dennis > > This will support about 10-16 machines. Mostly internet servers, >FTP, www, the usual. Nothing extraordinary. What choices do people seam >to like out there. Also been told that I can get away with a cisco 1000 >or something, what do you people think. > > Again. Thanks alot for > The HELP. > > Tamer Ziady > > Emerging Technologies, Inc. Router cards for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and Linux Standalone Routers Bandwidth Allocation/Limiter Manager http://www.etinc.com sales@etinc.com (516) 271-4525
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