From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 14 14:50:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA13539 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.moneng.mei.com (brasil.moneng.mei.com [151.186.109.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA13502 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jgreco@localhost) by brasil.moneng.mei.com (8.7.Beta.1/8.7.Beta.1) id QAA26387; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:45:37 -0600 From: Joe Greco Message-Id: <199611142245.QAA26387@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 16:45:37 -0600 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, dg@root.com, isp@FreeBSD.org, chad@gaianet.net In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at Nov 14, 96 12:40:34 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > of router we have now but what would be the correct answer for the > > > FreeBSD+card? As I understand it, you're the contact for the networking > > > > "We're using FreeBSD and a sync-serial card." :-) > > I just hope ISPs don't have anything against Unix based routers. > :-) Ofcourse I can say that FreeBSD has kicked everything else so far > including SUN SparcStation 20's so it should do very well... :-) Vince, In this business, you can try to dictate what customers must do - and you will probably lose some customers. It is best to try to recommend what you are familiar with, so that you can assist customers, and they can benefit from your experiences, but if a customer wants to do something different, you either let them or lose them. If your new ISP does not like a UNIX based router, too bad. My upstream provider has remarked a few times about the relative reliability of our CSU/DSU's and routers, apparently they have problems from time to time with the stuff they use. ... JG