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 :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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