From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 19 08:19:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA19006 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA19000 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA05752 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 11:25:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 11:25:50 -0400 Message-Id: <199606191525.LAA05752@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: BGP on a cisco 2500 series Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >I saw this topic discussed briefly on one of the lists. >I didnt pay much attention till now. My boss wants to go multihomed and >run BGP. We have a 2501 cisco router, and i'm pretty confident theres no >way on gods green earth we can do it on a 2501. both serials are used. >And i dont think it has the ability to hold a full routing table? >So im thinking of a 4000 series. >But i need some evidence so to speak to tell the suits why the 2501 is not >a good choice. >Also can anyone recomend a good 4000 series router? to replace our 2501 >with? Why not save yourself a bundle and do it on a freebsd machine? Others are doing it.....for about 1/3 of the price of a 4000 series. A Pentium 120 or 133 with 64meg is a pretty powerful box. 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