Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:08:16 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Message-ID: <001c01c16ee2$cf9b24c0$6600000a@ach.domain> In-Reply-To: <002401c16e79$aa9871a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted > Mittelstaedt > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 3:36 AM > To: Andrew C. Hornback; Anthony Atkielski; FreeBSD Questions > Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs > > >-----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'll agree with the total cost of one hour for a corporation being $100. I do disagree with the idea that someone would make $100/hr in take home for something like this. I believe the original post left that open to interpretation, thus the disagreement. > > 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. Even so... when you start adding equipment from different manufacturers to your network, your administration costs and complexity go up. If you have a network of FreeBSD machines, does it make sense to add a Cisco router and learn IOS when a FreeBSD machine can do the job just as well, if not better? --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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