From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 1 13:46:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA26686 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:46:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA26607 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 13:46:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA23522; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:50:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:50:45 -0400 Message-Id: <199608012050.QAA23522@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Veggy Vinny From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > >On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote: > >> >On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote: >> > >> >> Your numbers are high (should be around $1600), but you're also getting a >> >> server for nothing that you can add an ethernet, or upgrade to 100Mbs, >> >> and it has 3 times the horsepower >> >> >> >> ........you'll also need the cisco mem upgrade to do anything useful...... >> > >> > You can always get the Cisco 2501 on a PC Card with 4 megs of RAM >> >for about $500 and just use any old 8088 PC since all it needs is the >> >power from the slot... As you can program it via the Serial Port on the >> >card... >> >> But the only thing good about a Cisco 2501 is its perceived reliability and "no >> moving parts". Their O/S isnt so great that I'd want to put it in a >> PC...you're much >> better off with unix in that case.... > > Well, you don't really need Unix or anything since it's the >cheapest solution possible... You can do it with Unix but you still need a >router card I think... you think? Dennis :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX