From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Oct 21 15:22:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA13747 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 15:22:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from bailin.lan (dialup1-23.ASPI.net [207.228.215.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA13733 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 15:21:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ndelmore@usa.net) Received: from warped [192.168.0.1] by bailin.lan [192.168.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.6.rA.b3.32-R) for ; Tue, 21 Oct 97 18:20:13 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19971021182012.0098ad50@bailin.lan> X-Sender: ndelmore@bailin.lan X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:20:12 -0400 To: linuxisp@friendly.jeffnet.org From: "N. Del More" Subject: Router Cards? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Does any one have any experience or knowledge about the Emerging Technologies ET/5025x or the SDL Communications WANic or RISCom boards insofar as their suitabilty as a router is concerned? Both companies basically claim that you pop it in either your server or a spare system and through the wonders of software and technology ... bingo ... instant router. Seems like a VERY attractive alternative to a VERY expensive Cisco on the surface especially for a startup like me. Thanks Noel +-----------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | N.B. Del More \ \ Sure! We'd be glad to host | | inr.NET \ \ your website!! Do you want | | InterNet Resources Network \ \ to be on? | | http://www.inr.net \ \ diss.net? datt.net? | | http://www.diss.net \ \ or do you just wanna be | | http://www.datt.net \ \ on da inr.net? | +------------------------------------+ +--------------------------+