Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 19:37:12 -0700 From: "Joel M. Baldwin" <joelb@calweb.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Cc: michael.elbel@consol.de Subject: Re: Terminal Server recommendations? Message-ID: <39AC7358.C6256115@calweb.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008291232360.1159-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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Don't the 300's have to do a MOP load of the firmware? I don't remember that those have a flash card or ROM. Doing MOP might be difficult in a none DEC shop. Or is there something obvious that I'm missing. "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Michael Elbel wrote: > > I don't want to buy something that is more expensive than a slim line > > PC with a multi serial card though. What I've come up so far with > > would cost $2500 to $3000 for 16 ports which frankly is out of my > > reach. > > *smirk* > > And here I was thinking I got a great deal on $25 Emulex P4000s and $8 > DECserver 300s. > > Buy whatever you can afford. Cisco 2511s work well but are pretty > expensive. I dunno if I'd consider a Portmaster as others have suggested > but they would probably work fine, except for their large size. You > should be able to score a DECserver 300 or better (not a 100 or a 200 mind > you, as they are LAT only.) on eBay for less than $50. > > -- > | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | > | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | > | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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