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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:06:06 -0700
From:      Alex <alex@aspenworks.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.ca>
Cc:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Building 8-port Router
Message-ID:  <38E2703E.9BB8173E@aspenworks.com>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20000329142458.0205c5a0@marble.sentex.ca> <200003291906.OAA26812@etinc.com> <38b4b9a7.22295369@mail.sentex.net> <MAIL20000224085638.A706@tirad.internal.iphil.net> <MAIL20000224085638.A706@tirad.internal.iphil.net> <3.0.5.32.20000329153647.01aa1690@marble.sentex.ca>

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Okay I'll bite, who makes a multiport Ethernet adapter that's supported
by FreeBSD? 

-Alex



Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> At 03:18 PM 3/29/00 -0500, Dennis wrote:
> >Nothing fits everybodies needs....but its more than politics:
> >
> >1) you cant get things fixed easily, so if you do get bitten by something
> >you cant get quality help
> 
> Its better if things do not need fixing in the first place.
> 
> >2) you dont know what will be tomorrow, so you may end up stuck in the
> >water eventually.
> 
> Zebra is not immune to this either.
> 
> >3) IF they give you a license to use 4.0,they can take it away at any time.
> >4) You cant resell it or distribute it without a very expensive license.
> 
> I was talking about the public branch from an end user perspective...
> 3.5.11.
> 
> >Another point is that
> >
> >1) Zebra is the future
> 
> _future_ is still the key word.  Maybe thats just a matter of a couple of
> weeks... Hard to say. But it really does seem very promising.
> 
> >2) Zebra works well and problems are fixed quickly
> >3) The learning curve on Gated is substantial so if zebra works for you its
> >a big win down the road.
> 
> If you understand routing from first principles, than I beg to differ.
> Whether through IOS, gateD, mrtd or Zebra if you understand what you want
> to do, its not that difficult moving from environment to environment.
> Although if you know IOS, its certainly gives you a head start into Zebra.
> 
>         ---Mike
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mike Tancsa,                                      tel +1 519 651 3400
> Network Administrator,                            mike@sentex.net
> Sentex Communications                             www.sentex.net
> Cambridge, Ontario Canada
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