From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 2 12:49:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (pachell.telcosucks.org [207.90.181.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF3F437C1AA for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:49:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id MAA38610; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:48:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf) Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:48:50 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: "Forrest W. Christian" Cc: Joe Greco , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, francis@usls.edu Subject: Re: Cyclades Z series vs. Cisco 2600 Message-ID: <20000802124850.P10581@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <200008021621.LAA70715@aurora.sol.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from forrestc@imach.com on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 12:46:18PM -0600 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message