From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 19 22:20:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA07578 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:20:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from orion.denverweb.net (root@p22.pm-8.pm.dimensional.com [206.100.130.246]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA07568 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 22:20:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from orion (blaine@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.denverweb.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA01620 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:21:03 -0700 Message-ID: <3292A34E.556B242@w3page.com> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 23:21:02 -0700 From: Blaine Minazzi Organization: What, me organized? X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.25 i486) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3? References: <199611192238.OAA16243@chimp.jnx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Someone scribbled: > > I think that tony has been working on scarce resouce machines for too > long. > > Well, that's certainly true. However, PC's don't have significantly more > resources, so... > > You buy time with buffer space, and buffer space in a freebsd ~~~~~~~~~> ~~~~~~> > Yes, but so what? If you queue up my protocol packets then either I can't ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ deleted stuff.... Right.... _SO WHAT_? Is anyone else finding this thread getting a wee bit stale? Routers, FreeBSD, whatever. You just use the tool that does the job. If you can get by on a old 386/33 with 8 megs and FreeBSD ... GREAT! If you have to spend Mucho $$$ Squared to handle the routing on multiple T-3's , Then you have a very nice problem. You are obviously routing one hell of a lot of traffic, for which you are most likely being well paid. So you can afford the big iron, and the cost is trivial compared to your revenues. ( That, or your headed for bankruptcy. ) Most of us ISP's are content to use whatever works, and don't give a hoot in hell about anything except how we can do the job at a resonable cost. Each of us weighs the factors, reliability, performance, cost, etc... FreeBSD works great. To a point. ( a constantly upward moving point, as machines get faster. ) Beyond that, you have to spend more.. Cost at that point is not really an issue. That would be like me complaining because I needed my own Armored Car to take my deposits to the bank. What a nice problem to have. But buying one to take a few checks to the bank would be industrial strength stupid. Only an Armored Car Salesman would disagree.... My overtaxed .02 worth... :-) Blaine Minazzi