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Subject: Re: replacing a cisco router with a fbsd box
In-Reply-To: <3B8F90CB.CEFC484C@wiegand.org> from Chip at "Aug 31, 1 06:27:40 am"
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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:58:45 -0500 (CDT)
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cisco routers are some of the most reliable and robust in the industry.

Check the config ... again ... that is usually the weakest link.

Yes, a peecee running xBSD, perhaps with a package such as Zebra, can and
will work as a toasternet router, but the reliability and robustness of the
hardware is usually inferior to that of a 'real' router such as a cisco,
Bay, or the new kids such as Juniper or Extreme.

Good day      JSW

> At work I have 3 cisco routers - a 1600, 2500, 2600. The 1600 has proven
> 
> to be the most unreliable piece of crap imaginable.  The cisco router
> runs
> nat and firewall services currently, should be easy to replace with a
> fbsd
> box.
> I am wondering if it is possible to replace it with a fbsd machine?
> The problem I see with this is the connection of the csu/dsu to the
> router -
> it uses some funky block connector to plug into the cisco router. Is
> there a
> way to convert that block connector (I don't know the proper name for
> it),
> to plug into an ethernet card on the fbsd box? Or is there a pci card
> available
> for the fbsd box that will accept this funky block connector?
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Chip Wiegand
> Computer Services
> 
> Simrad, Inc
> 
> chip.wiegand@simrad.com
> 
> 
> 
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