From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 0:45:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1773637B418 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAH8jKR08948; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:45:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Andrew C. Hornback" , "Anthony Atkielski" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:45:05 -0800 Message-ID: <000d01c16f44$27963820$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <001c01c16ee2$cf9b24c0$6600000a@ach.domain> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal 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 >-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew C. Hornback [mailto:achornback@worldnet.att.net] >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:08 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Anthony Atkielski; FreeBSD Questions >Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs > > > Even so... when you start adding equipment from different >manufacturers to >your network, your administration costs and complexity go up. If you have a >network of FreeBSD machines, does it make sense to add a Cisco router and >learn IOS when a FreeBSD machine can do the job just as well, if not better? > FreeBSD doesen't have a good DS3 ATM interface solution at the current time. T1's are a bit tricky too - not because they are hard, but because the T1 cards are so expensive compared to a Cisco. But for DSL you make an excellent point. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message