Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 14:47:09 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <199707092047.OAA27935@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709154013.1503B-100000@federation.addy.com> References: <199707091840.MAA27146@rocky.mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709154013.1503B-100000@federation.addy.com>
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> > small office (like mine), a dedicated PC works *much* better than a > > CISCO ever would, and total costs (including hardware, maintenance, > > etc..) are significantly lower. > > I don't buy this at all. A Cisco 2501 is only ~$1700 and requires *zero* > maintenance once it's set up. For a typical setup, that takes about 10 > minutes. If you build a machine yourself, using reliable, quality parts, > you're lucky if you save $500 under that. You've *got* to be kidding? I can get really nice 486/33 boxes (way overkill) with a 500MB IDE drive for < $500. > And then you're worrying about > hard drive crashes, config changes, OS security holes, etc. Cicso aren't immune to software problems either. And, read again what I said. W/out those 'critical' services, my CISCO router is useless, and those critical services aren't hostable on a router. I end up buying a CISCO router, plus a machine to do the services, so I still have all the same problems, and nothing to gain but a useless network connection if/when my services box goes down. My router box sees uptimes of 150+ regularly. It was taken down recently with 160 days to install a new multi-port serial card in it since the office is expanding and we needed more modem lines. Previous uptime was 145 days, and it was limited by a power outage. We put it on a UPS and it was up until the card install. Nate
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