From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 07:24:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA14906 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 07:24:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA14894 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 07:24:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA15548; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:24:13 GMT Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:24:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: Steve cc: Veggy Vinny , isp@freebsd.org, Chad Shackley Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Steve wrote: > > > > Don't buy a 2501. You can get a lot more performance for the same > > > > amount of money using FreeBSD and sync serial cards. > > I dont know why people are bashing the 2501's - with an access list Because "you can get a lot more performance for the same amount of money using FreeBSD and sync serial cards". > active, my router stats on one of my T-1s has at times shown thruput very > close the to max a T-1 one can handle going full guns. You seem to be saying that people should buy 2501s because, after all, they work. Well, so do other products and some of those other products are cheaper. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015