Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:56:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> To: "S(pork)" <spork@super-g.com> Cc: Tony Kimball <alk@think.com>, marpat@kmtnet.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, linuxisp@lightning.com Subject: Re: T1 offc. resell config Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960910203956.11730B-100000@alyssa.ai.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.92.960910180558.18939C-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Not that I'd say anything bad about Cisco, except with their IOS in backbone routers, ;-) Cisco Catalysts run about $3000 or less depending on where you go. You could theoretically build a multi port ethernet router out of a BSD box on a 486/133 AMD or something. Four or Five ethers easy, run gated and IPFW and you are in business (literally). Jerry Tagra American Information Network On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, S(pork) wrote: > We're looking at a similar test in our building before we move on to the > rest of the city... We were thinking of putting an ethernet-ethernet > router like a Cisco 2514 between our network and the ethernet switch that > would distribute access to our various customers. We could set up some > filters on the router that would disallow ftp/http servers and whatnot, > and help keep things safe for our customers. Our big concern now is > security BETWEEN clients... The only solutions I see so far are very > expensive; with names like Cisco and BayNetworks... sigh. > > Charles > > spork@super-g.com > > > On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Tony Kimball wrote: > > > Quoth Mark Patterson on Tue, 10 September: > > : > > : What equip. do i use to break up our T1 into resellable portions for > > : potential clients ranging in need from 56kb - 128kb and above? > > > > The cheapest thing for you to do is to sell ethernet drops. > > Moreover, it is very desirable from your client's perspective > > because they do not need a sync or isdn router, and they can > > take advantage of surplus available bandwidth. What you sell > > is not a fixed increment, but either a guaranteed minimum available > > bandwidth (using a bandwidth limiting router) or a statistical > > guarantee. In this way you can charge a premium price (due to > > superiority of service) while incurring lesser infrastructural > > costs than competing services. > > > >
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