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Date:      Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:48:50 -0700
From:      Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net>
To:        "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>
Cc:        Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, francis@usls.edu
Subject:   Re: Cyclades Z series vs. Cisco 2600
Message-ID:  <20000802124850.P10581@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021237570.17073-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>; from forrestc@imach.com on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 12:46:18PM -0600
References:  <200008021621.LAA70715@aurora.sol.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021237570.17073-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>

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On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 12:46:18PM -0600, Forrest W. Christian wrote:
> 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

Last time I checked, the 261x (ethernet and tokenring versions) has a 40
MHz cpu. The 262x (Fastethernet versions) have the 50MHz cpu.

> 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
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