Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:25:28 EDT From: Bsdguru@aol.com To: tedm@toybox.placo.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Imagestream WanIC-520 interface cards Message-ID: <103.a728861.28f84948@aol.com>
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In a message dated 10/12/01 1:08:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tedm@toybox.placo.com writes: > Consider that the Hitachi controller chip used on the WANic 405 is the > SAME chip that Cisco uses in it's 25xx series of routers, and the Cisco > 2501 is the most used router in the world and has the most installed > units. > > SBS Communications is STILL selling the RISCom series of cards which is > the predecessor to the WANic, uses the same controller, these are ISA cards > that have a design that's over 10 years old. > > You tell your supplier that since the 405 is being "phased out" that he > should sell you a bunch of them at closeout prices. > Calm yourself Ted. Perhaps the fact that the (incredibly slow) 2501 has been phased out has caused Hitachi to "phase out" their part? You know, big chip vendors have bigger fish to fry than the WanIC series. HDLC controllers that can barely run 2 T1s are not mainstream these days, so they may just not want to make it anymore. If you think that Hitachi cares that there are "open source" drivers in use in what they would consider a handful of applications, you dont understand the chip business. When cisco goes away, they find a better use for their foundry. B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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