Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:26:50 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: James Earl <james@icionline.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advise on gateway-setup Message-ID: <20021002171038.O81915-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar> In-Reply-To: <20021002122555.3b9bc77c.james@icionline.ca>
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, James Earl wrote: > > I'm in a similar position, but on a smaller scale. I'm trying to figure > out where these Switched Gateway/Routers/Firewall/VPN devices that are > coming on the market fit in, and where it is better to use our favorite > FreeBSD machine to do the work? Would I be wrong in assuming these little > hardware devices are faster at the job than a FreeBSD machine? In my opinion, unless a) you have a corporate policy which says what to deploy or b) you have a very large scale project which needs "Big Iron" or c) you need dedicated hardware/software only available for the "hardware solution" (ie EIGRP, or some very specialized WAN card) there is no reason to install a dedicated "hardware solution" instead of a BSD box. They may be atractive in the beginning, but you need to factor the costs and availability of support, software licences/updates, replacement parts and the like. Have you ever asked how much an extra 100BT card for a Cisco costs? :) One of the main advantages of the BSD/Linux solution is the hardware availability. If a NIC blows, you can get another one in less than one hour for less than $80. You don't need a dedicated (Cisco|Nokia|whoever) hardware. Fer > > James > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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