From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 24 08:20:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA17465 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 08:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA17394 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 08:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA01034; Fri, 24 May 1996 11:24:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 11:24:31 -0400 Message-Id: <199605241524.LAA01034@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >But to try to claim that they *replace* the typical CISCO solution, or the >typical end-user attachment solution, is nuts. Two different targets, two >different markets. > >I can live with some quirky problem, or work to fix it myself, in a Unix >machine that is being used as a file or compute server. I absolutely >*CANNOT* live with that same problem in a core router on my network. I think the problem here is the work CISCO. Theres no advantage to 2500 series, mild advantage to 4000 and the 7XXX are in a class by themselves. noone here is talking about core routers, only you Karl. We'te talking about the other 98% of the world. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX