From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 06:56:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA13471 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 06:56:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA13466 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 06:56:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by agora.rdrop.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0vO3Cu-0008t0C; Thu, 14 Nov 96 06:55 PST Message-Id: From: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 06:55:56 -0800 (PST) Cc: dg@Root.COM, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, chad@gaianet.net In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at Nov 14, 96 00:24:50 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 2501 isn't that good of a router? How much does it cost for the 4000 and > is there a AccessPC Card version of it? I'm a bit rusty, but my recollection is this: The 2501 uses a medium to low speed 68000 processor and does no "fast switching" (i.e. the interface has a cache w/hardware to look up routes without involving the processor, which just processes routing updates and downloads the tables into the cache). The AccessPC card is a version of the 2501 that plugs into a PC, but all it does is get power and save space. You still have to have a Ethernet card in the PC and run drops from both cards to your LAN. The 4000M uses the same or a little faster 68000, and does do some fast switching. The 4500 uses a 100Mhz MIPS processor, and the 4700 uses a 133Mhz MIPS. I don't remember pricing on the 4000, but the 4500/4700 with ethernet and high speed serial interfaces are something around $15K. -- Alan Batie ______ batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / Assimilate this! +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Worf, First Contact DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A 27 \/ 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation.