Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 01:03:18 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> To: mailing list account <lists@argus.flash.net> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960131005835.8840A-100000@sasami> In-Reply-To: <199601310055.SAA01710@argus.flash.net>
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On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, mailing list account wrote: > now here is a cost cutting idea: does anyone know how well freebsd stacks > against say a cisco 2500 series router? cisco 4000? cisco 4500? say using > a p5-100? p5-166? >From what I have seen gated will do just about anything a cisco will (IP that is). However, the cisco boxes have high speed route processors and other things that the PC can't compete with. I am going to be getting a FreeBSD ethernet router box together using a few multiport de21x4x based cards. The ipfw stuff should make for a good firewall/filter box. :) | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | | InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|
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