From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jan 10 18:50:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23558 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:50:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from jennifer.pernet.net (jennifer.pernet.net [205.229.0.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23553 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:50:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from neal@localhost) by jennifer.pernet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id UAA29233; Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:46:06 -0600 Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:46:06 -0600 (CST) From: Neal Rigney To: John Beukema cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinion In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, John Beukema wrote: > You might consider a digiboard 16 card. This can run in the main server > until you need more power, then add extensions (up to 64 ports) and/or move > to a separate machine. I believe it is a lot less than a portmaster etc. > We just installed a pair of Cyclades Cyclom16y cards here. Runs smooth as silk. Beautiful card with zero problems so far. We originally tried digiboard, but they didn't even know what FreeBSD was. Cyclades not only knew what FreeBSD was, they even offered to help configure the card, etc. Also, the 16y's are on sale for $400(limit 2). That means we got 32 ports for less than the price of one digiboard. Just my .02 -- Neal Rigney sysadmin, PERnet Communications, (409)729-4638 neal@mail.pernet.net My opinions are mine, damnit! PERnet can't have them!