Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:06:26 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: jouke@epsilon.nl (Jouke Dijkstra) Cc: ulf@lamb.net, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Message-ID: <199607311406.JAA24138@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199607302203.AAA17336@skipper.epsilon.nl> from "Jouke Dijkstra" at Jul 31, 96 00:00:55 am
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> The 2503i has ISDN indeed. In fact, it's a nice sollution for a router with > ISDN, though this > device has the capability to be severe overkill, which you have to pay > for.. > > About those moving parts: When you use BOOTP on a FreeBSD server, add > enough RAM > so it won't swap, you'll have no moving parts! If you use high quality > parts (ASUS, PCI (?), a > power supply you can trust etc), you might have something at least at the > same level as a > Cisco.. Booting off the net, you mean? In that case, it simply becomes dependent on another "unreliable" piece of hardware - the remote NFS server. And I'm not particularly trusting of things like PC fans. Don't get me wrong - I use FreeBSD (exclusively) for routing on my LAN's. There are substantial benefits in doing so. However, it does have a "cost". Since I'm two minutes away from a PC vendor, maybe I don't care though. ... JG
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