From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 13 13:43:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA09982 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:43:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncd.com (firewall-user@welch.ncd.com [192.43.160.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA09951 Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:43:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by ncd.com; id NAA16421; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:47:22 -0800 Received: from z-code.z-code.com(192.82.56.21) by welch.ncd.com via smap (g3.0.1) id xma016414; Tue, 13 Feb 96 13:47:21 -0800 Received: from zolaris.z-code.com (zolaris.z-code.com [192.82.56.41]) by z-code.z-code.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA09673; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:40:33 -0800 Received: by zolaris.z-code.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA01165; Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:38:24 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <9602131338.ZM1163@zolaris.z-code.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:38:22 -0800 In-Reply-To: Nate Williams "Frame Relay and FreeBSD" (Feb 13, 12:12) References: <199602131912.MAA23314@rocky.sri.MT.net> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: Nate Williams , hackers@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Frame Relay and FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Feb 13, 12:12, Nate Williams wrote: > Subject: Frame Relay and FreeBSD > I *really* like having the firewall features I'm using now. I suppose I > could simply stick my firewall box and whatever external equipment I use > on a separate ethernet segment, although it would require me buying > another ethernet card as well a Cisco or whatever. > > We're trying to do Video Conferencing, and ISDN isn't available in > Montana (and won't be available for quite a while). The only option we > have is F.R., either to our ISP or directly to SRI-Menlo. > > What kind of costs are we looking at here for the networking equipment, > etc.? > > Thanks for any advice you can give, > > > > Nate >-- End of excerpt from Nate Williams So far my calculation for FR is: A Frame Relay card: ETinc.: ET/5025 56K/64K $495 V.35/EIA-530 option (for T1) $100 Frame Relay/X.25 $50 or ET5025-16 56K/64K $695 V.35/EIA-530 option (for T1) $100 (per port) Frame Relay/X.25 $200 Dual Port Option $100 or ET5025-25 T1 incl Frame Relay $1095 Dual Port Option $200 You need a CSU/DSU for this card, price for 56K/64K is about $250-$600, for 128K-1.5MB price is starting around $700 and up to $2000. Or you take cards from SDL Comm, which have only a Frame Relay driver for BSDI at the moment. But the cards are cheaper. RISCom/N2s 56K/64K $490 RISCom/N2d dual port 56K/64K $590 RISCom/N2dds dual port with one CSU/DSU on board 56K/64K $650 RISCom/N2csu dual port with one T1 CSU/DSU on board something around $1100 Frame Relay option for BSDI $150 About monthly Frame Relay I can't say anything, but in California I would pay about $275 for 128K Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann, NCD Software, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 phone: 415-899-7941, email: ulf@z-code.ncd.com, phone-home: 510-865-0204 ====================================== FreeBSD 2.1.0 is available now! -------------------------------------- FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations ======================================