From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 12:25:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA02798 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:25:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA02788 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:24:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA27089 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:18 -0500 Message-Id: <199611142028.PAA27089@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: isp@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Router Purchase - the bottom line Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This discussion is getting really stupid...... Look...all of the mentioned product work fine...if they didnt they none of us would be in business. The original question of cisco 25XX vs ET is a simple one...... 1) you dont have to know unix to use a cisco 2) Ciscos are fine if you have 1 ethernet and 1 T1. More than that they have questionable horsepower.... 2) cisco are just routers....Freebsd boxes are servers also and clearly more flexible and expandable. As for which card to buy...different vendors have different options and features and prices. You have to do your homework to determine which you prefer. db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX