From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 16 15: 5:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E26F37B54D for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:05:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD09132E3 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:04:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA72668; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:05:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:05:56 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: "Dan O'Connor" Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DSL - FreeBSD - Gateway ? In-Reply-To: <056b01bf7891$f0867d40$0200000a@danco.home> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Dan O'Connor wrote: > >Obviously, that diagram, as quoted, is incorrect. I'd love to see a > >cable modem with 4 ethernet ports, though :-) > > Mmmmmm....that would be yummy! Yes, it would... But why not go with a little extra $$ and go for SDSL or something similar and have burstable, plexable T1 access with a fully routed /24 and included Cisco router on a network that has bandwidth to spare, and sub-ms latency on a direct line that runs across a busy street from their office to mine? It's actually cheaper than co-lo, too. > >Your mail client seems to have garbled my recommendation. (I see you > >are using Outlook Express, which has many such known > >problems^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hfeatures). > > > I know :-( > > >Check my original message, with a fixed-width font. My recommendation > >was basically the same as yours. Here it is, as it was originally: > > > >Ryan Thompson: > >>Cable Modem ---- Router ---- Hub > >> / | \ > >> Box1 Box2 Box3 > > > Well, I suppose I could call Microsoft and complain that OE not only doesn't > support fixed-width, but also strips leading spaces, but they'd just tell me > it was a feature... Funny things, Microsoft(TM). Standard packaging label: "May contain programmers". > Have a great day! > > --Dan -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message