Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 23:06:16 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Message-ID: <199608010306.XAA05782@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:18:03 EDT." <199607311618.MAA06897@etinc.com> References: <199607311618.MAA06897@etinc.com>
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> >The 2503i is a mission critical version, it directly includes the software, > >which disables the serial port. You can later buy the full version ($1200 > >list price) to upgrade and use the serial ports. > > Does that include the (required) memory upgrade? > > So your talking $3000. for a box with 2 serial ports, an ISDN connection > and a '386-speed processor? Eeek! Two T1 ports, ISDN, support for T1 PPP, Cisco HDLC, Frame Relay and SMDS. Packet filtering. OSPF, RIP, RIP-2, EIGRP, BGP routing protocols (if you need them). Look at the 2524 which has provisions for integral 56K DDS or T1 CSU/DSUs to further reduce the system cost. Plus, you can plug it in and it works. No interrupt vectors, dma channels to fool with. Small package. Only a fan for moving parts, and no fsck. Not everyone is willing to spend a lot of time integrating a box when you can essentially buy an appliance off the shelf which does a better job. Are we going to start this whole discussion again? louie
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