From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Feb 14 14:03:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA17621 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:03:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from gallup.cia-g.com (root@gallup.cia-g.com [206.206.162.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA17616 for ; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:03:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from gallup.cia-g.com (gallup.cia-g.com [206.206.162.10]) by gallup.cia-g.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA08387; Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:02:20 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:02:18 -0700 (MST) From: Stephen Fisher To: dennis cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Frame Relay and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199602141845.NAA06729@etinc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, dennis wrote: > >You guys should also look at the relative cost of an external, > >standalone Ascend Pipeline 50 LS56 router, which has an ethernet > >interface and a 56K DDS leased line interface (with built-in CSU/DSU). > >I'm using one of these things at home, and it works really, really > >great. Its physically the same size as the Pipeline 50 ISDN router. > >For T1 upgrade paths, you might also look at the newly announced > >Pipeline 130 router, which I think has ISDN, 56K and T1 interfaces. I > >don't know what it costs. > > eeee-gads...why? Can it by my firewall? can I add an ethernet for $60.? Can "Real" routers can be real firewalls, and they have built in ethernet, > I add a T1 > for $200? Can it serve my Web pages? can it be my E-mail server? Usually built in T-1 and up. > A good rule of thumb: If you know un*x, use un*x....if you don't, use > something else. Not necessarily. But no they can't run your e-mail and webpages -- those should be on another computer anyway. - Steve