From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 16 14: 7:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BA8937B417 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:07:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 9636 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2001 22:07:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.138) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 16 Nov 2001 22:07:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 1178 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2001 22:07:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 16 Nov 2001 22:07:18 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "Andrew C. Hornback" , "Anthony Atkielski" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:07:03 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (5.0.2195;2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Message-Id: <20011116220727.7BA8937B417@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 21:08:50 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >> I simply care to use the best tool for the job, and >> a $100 router which can be replaced by a $20 NIC and a >> $20 PC... well, you do the math. > >Let's see: $20 for the NIC, $100 for the PC (sorry, but $20 is not realistic), >and three hours of work at, say, $30 an hour equal ... $210, or more than twice >the cost of the router. Yes, I did the math, and FreeBSD loses. In fact, it >loses just on hardware costs alone. yeah but its real hard to ftp in and get a file though a router. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message