Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 00:45:05 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs Message-ID: <000d01c16f44$27963820$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <001c01c16ee2$cf9b24c0$6600000a@ach.domain>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: Andrew C. Hornback [mailto:achornback@worldnet.att.net] >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:08 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Anthony Atkielski; FreeBSD Questions >Subject: RE: DSL PPPoE with 2 NICs > > > 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? > FreeBSD doesen't have a good DS3 ATM interface solution at the current time. T1's are a bit tricky too - not because they are hard, but because the T1 cards are so expensive compared to a Cisco. But for DSL you make an excellent point. 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
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