Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:23:37 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs CISCO Message-ID: <39579FA9.C11EC87F@acuson.com> References: <3954BAF5.29652D7B@uswest.net>
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Joe Warner wrote: > If you can take an old 386 or 486, install FreeBSD on it and turn it > into a cost effective,secure and highly configurable router, why then do > company's continue to pay the big bucks for CISCO routers? I recently took a networking class with one of Cisco's people. Comparing FreeBSD to a $50,000 Cisco router is like comparing grapes to watermelons, and FreeBSD ain't the watermelon! The biggest thing that stuck out in my mind was that the high end Cisco routers will route at line speed or faster! (ponder that one for a while) Routing is not just software, it's also hardware. Your old 386 or 486 may be great for your small network, but they won't cut it in a several thousand node network. Cisco doesn't market its stuff to mom-and-pop ISP's. Their customers are the Fortune 500. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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