Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 00:24:50 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, Chad Shackley <chad@gaianet.net> Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114001804.6675e-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199611140731.XAA10032@root.com>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, David Greenman wrote: > >Greetings everyone, > > > > We at GaiaNet are currently considering switching from PBI.Net to > >CRL in a T1 link and are planning to purchase a new router as our current > >router from WellFleet overloads and has too many probems. We are > >considering the Emerging Technologies Router Interface Card for FreeBSD > >but has anyone compared the performance of this to something like a Cisco > >2501? Thanks for any advice you can offer. > > The 2501 seems to be a bit underpowered. Jordan switched out a Cisco 2501 > for a 4000 at Walnut Creek a few months ago and things seem to work better > after that. I think the FreeBSD+card would likely work out better for you, > but that's more opinion than experiance. Ah David, just the person we were looking for. :-) So the Cisco 2501 isn't that good of a router? How much does it cost for the 4000 and is there a AccessPC Card version of it? We're going to install the Dual Ported 25Mhz card in a FreeBSD based dedicated router box base on a Pentium 75Mhz with 16MB of RAM. We had been in contact with Paul Berggren in Sales for CRL Networking and he said that we can get a T1 router for as low as $650 but what kind of router would it be? He did ask us what kind of router we have now but what would be the correct answer for the FreeBSD+card? As I understand it, you're the contact for the networking at Walnut Creek, we were wondering what are your experiences with CRL and how good is their peering with other ISPs? Thanks. Hope someone else who has the FreeBSD+card can share their experiences with us. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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