Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:51:36 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Lamb.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price Message-ID: <199608011851.OAA21914@etinc.com>
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>Ok, one more add from me. I calculated a 486 PC, maybe not the cheapest >but modern. > >486DX4-100 AMD $45 >Motherboard with IDE and I/O $100 >8 MB Simm $55 >ATI PCI VGA $80 >3.5" Floppy $30 >500 MB HD $150 >Case+powersupply $75 (man, these are expensive compared to .de) >keyboard $18 >Cogent PCI ethermet $80 >ETinc 2 port serial $1095 > >Complete price = $1728 > >Cisco 2501 with IP feature set would cost me $1756 Your numbers are high (should be around $1600), but you're also getting a server for nothing that you can add an ethernet, or upgrade to 100Mbs, and it has 3 times the horsepower ........you'll also need the cisco mem upgrade to do anything useful...... Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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