Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:40:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: <Bsdguru@aol.com>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: RE: Imagestream WanIC-520 interface cards Message-ID: <200110130540.f9D5eQW38618@earth.backplane.com> References: <000401c153a7$409d9ec0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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The Cisco 2600 series is great for T1's. A 2620 with a T1 card (it
can take up to two) and you are done. The 2501's are ancient, don't
even bother any more. You can find 2620's on EBay in the $700-$1500
range, many of which appear (in my quick look) to include a T1 card.
As much as I like to support running things on BSD, I stopped trying to
run T1's from general purpose unix boxes 4 years ago. When BEST Internet
first started we ran the (old) Riscom cards from a BSDI box w/ an external
csu/dsu, and they were great for that, but these days the overall
cost of ownership is much, much lower with a used cisco and a WAN
card with an integrated csu/dsu in it. It's file and forget... once
you set the thing up you don't have to touch it ever again.
One advantage of the dot-com crash is that EBay and other sites are
saturated with high quality, barely used hardware.
-Matt
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