From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Oct 21 16:19:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA17154 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:19:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from host.berk.com (berk.com [207.16.104.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA17149 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:19:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rip@berk.com) Received: from [207.16.107.33] by host.berk.com; (5.65v3.0/1.1.8.2/16Aug95-0520PM) id AA15504; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 19:17:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 19:17:59 -0400 Message-Id: <9710212317.AA15504@host.berk.com> X-Sender: ber00021@berk.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "N. Del More" From: Jim Subject: Re: Router Cards? Cc: freebsd-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Neol, Yes, I have the Emerging Technologies ET/5025-16bit ISA card. Ordered it, along with the correct v.35 connector, got it 2 days later, plugged it in, recompiled the kernel, loaded up the driver and was off. It is very attractive, very simple, and very cheap. I would recommend it over a highly priced CISCO for a small ISP. They have a PCI version of the card I have which may perform better, but I have had no problems whatsoever. There is also another option that costs extra that is very attractive, the bandwidth manager. It is a software based bandwidth manager that ET also makes that supports everything from limiting data sent/received from a certain port, to ip filtering. That, along with the ET/5025 is cheap and very attractive. If you have any more questions, ask away.. -Jim Palmer rip@berk.com jp@overset.com At 06:20 PM 10/21/97 -0400, you wrote: >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? | >+------------------------------------+ +--------------------------+ > > >