From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 16 0:36: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 581D637B416 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAG8ZmR05902; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Andrew C. Hornback" , "Anthony Atkielski" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:35:37 -0800 Message-ID: <002401c16e79$aa9871a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <006301c16e0a$fca53ba0$6600000a@ach.domain> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew C. >Hornback >Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:23 AM >To: Anthony Atkielski; FreeBSD Questions >Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs > > > If $100/hr is a realistic figure, where do I sign up? I'd >like to get onto >that gravy train... > Andrew, while I disagree with a lot of what Anthony is saying there's a lot of basis to this figure. If the IT person happens to be working for a corporation, the _total cost_ of each of his hours (remember the corporation has to pay a bunch of extra costs for each employee starting with the payroll taxes like the employer matching Social Security) can hit $100 quite fast. > > I see... so that's why so many people out there are rushing >to toss out >their FreeBSD-powered routers for pieces from our friends at Cisco, etc. ? > Here again is an apples-to-oranges comparison. What Anthony is comparing FreeBSD against is something like the $70 LinkSys DSL router, not a Cisco 1605 which costs almost 20 times that amount new. But his comparisons are wrong for other reasons. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message