From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jan 6 12:19:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA25099 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:19:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id MAA25090 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 12:19:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA26851; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 15:24:04 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970106151911.00a82cd0@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 15:19:13 -0500 To: Tony Li From: dennis Subject: Re: FreeBSD as T1 router Cc: isp@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:34 AM 1/6/97 -0800, you wrote: > > "Everyone" uses Cisco and "the net" sucks, so what does that tell you? > >a) That the backbones are bandwidth constrained. >b) That there's no credible alternative for a high end box (yet). >c) That there are some unresolved problems with cisco's high end box > implementations. >d) That Dennis is still slinging mud instead of facts. For 1, these are "Facts"....every time there is a problem at my upstream provider it is some issue with their Cisco router. That, is a FACT. Fact 2 is that its not even being used as a high-end box (an HSSI running only 4Mbs, a couple of T1s and a couple of ethernets)...a configuration achievable with a FreeBSD box for about 1/10th the price. My "point" was that there is no such thing as a magic box....there are problems/advantages/disadvantages to all products. Those that think if they buy Cisco or Ascend that they wont have any problems are misinformed. Dennis Dennis