From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 02:22:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA28733 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:22:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from hauki.clinet.fi (root@hauki.clinet.fi [194.100.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA28726 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:22:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from cantina.clinet.fi (root@cantina.clinet.fi [194.100.0.15]) by hauki.clinet.fi (8.7.6/8.6.4) with ESMTP id MAA22124; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:22:19 +0200 (EET) Received: (hsu@localhost) by cantina.clinet.fi (8.7.5/8.6.4) id MAA01184; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:22:19 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:22:19 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199611141022.MAA01184@cantina.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu To: Jim Dixon Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Jim Dixon's message of 14 Nov 1996 11:32:05 +0200 Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Organization: Clinet Ltd, Espoo, Finland References: Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: Jim Dixon We use a variety of sync serial cards. The ET card is an old design, takes up two ISA slots (one for each port), and has other problems. The SDL Communications cards (N2d, N2pci) are better hardware. The problem with the SDL cards is the lack of FreeBSD drivers. There is a driver for the N2d but not for the N2pci. The ET driver software suppports more protocols and some degree of compression. Digi/Arnet 570i works with FreeBSD using the driver in -current. We have >10 boards in production with variety of hardware around them, oldest one is about 1 year old. The quality seems to be good, no failed units and quirks. I think SDL driver is similar or same, as both author and hardware are similar. So generally SDL wins on the hardware side and ET on the software side. We prefer SDL but are not happy with the lack of software support. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 -- Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-9-43542270 fax -4555276