From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 12:37:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA03555 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:37:35 -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 MAA03549 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:37:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA27188; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:41:42 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:41:42 -0500 Message-Id: <199611142041.PAA27188@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: Joe Greco From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Cc: isp@freebsd.org Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk People wrote.... >> > > > Don't buy a 2501. You can get a lot more performance for the same >> > > > amount of money using FreeBSD and sync serial cards. >> >> I dont know why people are bashing the 2501's - with an access list >> active, my router stats on one of my T-1s has at times shown thruput very >> close the to max a T-1 one can handle going full guns. > >Excellent! Ciscos run fine with 1 ethernet and 1 serial....as you can only move 3mbs (full duplex) through the box....with 2 ethernets you can have big problems, and with 2 busy T1s you can have problems also, depending on your traffic characteristics. A freebsd box with multiple interfaces is much more comparable to a 4500 series, in which case the price differential is a major fact for UNIX. dennis