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Date:      Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:50:45 -0400
From:      dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
To:        Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price
Message-ID:  <199608012050.QAA23522@etinc.com>

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>On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote:
>
>> >On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Dennis wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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......
>> >
>> >	You can always get the Cisco 2501 on a PC Card with 4 megs of RAM
>> >for about $500 and just use any old 8088 PC since all it needs is the
>> >power from the slot...  As you can program it via the Serial Port on the
>> >card...
>> 
>> But the only thing good about a Cisco 2501 is its perceived reliability
and "no
>> moving parts". Their O/S isnt so great that I'd want to put it in a
>> PC...you're much
>> better off with unix in that case....
>
>	Well, you don't really need Unix or anything since it's the
>cheapest solution possible... You can do it with Unix but you still need a
>router card I think...

you think?

Dennis :-)
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