Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 00:06:10 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, francis@usls.edu Subject: Re: Cyclades Z series vs. Cisco 2600 Message-ID: <20000803000610.G58109@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <200008021621.LAA70715@aurora.sol.net>; from jgreco@ns.sol.net on Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:21:52AM -0500 References: <200008021522.KAA10959@earth.execpc.com> <200008021621.LAA70715@aurora.sol.net>
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 11:21:52AM -0500, 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.
>
> I just got one of these in, but I've not had time to play with it.
>
> 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.
cisco 2511 (68030) processor (revision M) with 6144K/2048K bytes of memory.
does everything you need (for 16 ports) with the right cables..
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Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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