From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Mar 29 13: 6:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from aspenworks.com (netdev.aspenworks.com [192.94.236.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC3737BDD2 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:06:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@aspenworks.com) Received: from aspenworks.com (s00-c-lv3.sopris.net [208.44.83.71]) by aspenworks.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA62713; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:06:17 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from alex@aspenworks.com) Message-ID: <38E2703E.9BB8173E@aspenworks.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 14:06:06 -0700 From: Alex Reply-To: alex@aspenworks.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Tancsa Cc: Dennis , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building 8-port Router References: <3.0.5.32.20000329142458.0205c5a0@marble.sentex.ca> <200003291906.OAA26812@etinc.com> <38b4b9a7.22295369@mail.sentex.net> <3.0.5.32.20000329153647.01aa1690@marble.sentex.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message