Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:32:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net> To: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, Chad Shackley <chad@gaianet.net> Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961114102124.14610N-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114021136.6675C-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote: > > Nothing to be ashamed of. Two of the largest networks in the world, > > IBM and ans.net, use UNIX-based routers running gated. > > Really? I thought they used Cisco's or Cascade. No. ans.net has two separate autonomous systems, one (AS690) using gated boxes and the other (just being implemented, I think), using Bay routers. Both IBM and ANS are members of the gated consortium. > > Other problems: the logic for each port is on a small daughterboard. > > This is held in only by friction. There is a device below one of the > > daughterboards -- the one for port 0, unfortunately -- that is too > > high (because it is socketed), so you can't get the daughterboard all > > the way in without causing it to bow. Then over time it gradually works > > its way out. > > So it actually has physical problems that can be costly over time? The daughterboard works its way loose. > Hmmm, I emailed Dennis at ET and the only problem we had was the > COD only policy for payment. I think that support at ET has improved considerably. I could be wrong ;-) > Hmmm, what are the differences between the two cards anyways? Nothing much, as far as I can see, in terms of functionality. That is, they do the same job. > We're gonna have either a Full T1 or a Frame Relay T1. So the SDL card > doesn't support FR? There is no FreeBSD driver that handles frame relay. It's not a problem with the card. There _are_ BSD/OS and Linux drivers for SDL. > As for the SDL, is the RiscSomething mentioned on the > ET homepage actually the SDL card? Oh, probably. Dennis is given to slamming the opposition. The full name of the dual-port card is the RISCom N2d. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
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