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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.  :)

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