Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:32:03 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net> To: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Veggy Vinny <richardc@csua.berkeley.edu>, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961114152752.15407B-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.961114085720.17009P-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Steve wrote: > > We at GaiaNet are currently considering switching from PBI.Net to > > CRL in a T1 link and are planning to purchase a new router as our current > > router from WellFleet overloads and has too many probems. We are > > considering the Emerging Technologies Router Interface Card for FreeBSD > > but has anyone compared the performance of this to something like a Cisco > > 2501? Thanks for any advice you can offer. > > Go with the cisco! There is something just a bit off with freebsd's > tcp/ip. I have a subgroup of users who get stalls, if my freebsd's are > not the other side of my cisco from them. For instance, if they were to > pull headers from a new server on the same subnet, the news server being > freebsd, it would stop.. Same with web pages. YMMV. We have a FreeBSD-based router that has been handling our peering with some 30 other networks in the UK for six months or so on an experimental basis. Works like a charm. Then we have a cluster of three routers in California, one a Cisco, the other two UNIX boxes. The Cisco has the lightest load and causes all the trouble. It is worth while remembering that TCP/IP was largely developed on UNIX boxes. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
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