From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 16 13: 9:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2BAF37B405 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:09:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.212.141]) by mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011116210951.QFEP4964.mtiwmhc26.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 21:09:51 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" , "Anthony Atkielski" , "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:08:16 -0500 Message-ID: <001c01c16ee2$cf9b24c0$6600000a@ach.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <002401c16e79$aa9871a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 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 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