Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 16:03:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net> Cc: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <199707092203.QAA28649@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709172542.3136A-100000@lightning.tbe.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709154013.1503B-100000@federation.addy.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970709172542.3136A-100000@lightning.tbe.net>
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> In Nate's position where he is in a small office and doesn't need the > added functions of the Cisco, it is a great idea for hime to build his > own. Right. What I have isn't for everyone, but for small offices/ISP's who don't have a lot of $$ to throw at dedicated hardware, the PC is a great solution. (Especially when 'routing packets' isn't enough to have a working network. > specialized box. Plus, our routers have been up for months without > rebooting...the PC Router won't stay up that long without something having > to be done on it (my opinion, please don't kill me for it...;) ) 1:37PM up 168 days, 2:07, 7 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.01, 0.09 That was right after we installed a UPS after a storm knocked it out. If it wasn't for the power outage it'd been up for almost a year. > P.S. - How's the Cyclades doing Nate? ;) Working like a charm. The new guy likes his dedicated Internet connection. :) Nate
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