Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:00:13 -0800 (PST) From: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Alan Batie <batie@agora.rdrop.com> Cc: dg@Root.COM, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, chad@gaianet.net Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.961114125830.6675z-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <m0vO3Cu-0008t0C@agora.rdrop.com>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Alan Batie wrote: > > 2501 isn't that good of a router? How much does it cost for the 4000 and > > is there a AccessPC Card version of it? > > I'm a bit rusty, but my recollection is this: > > The 2501 uses a medium to low speed 68000 processor and does no "fast > switching" (i.e. the interface has a cache w/hardware to look up routes > without involving the processor, which just processes routing updates > and downloads the tables into the cache). It's a 68030. > The AccessPC card is a version of the 2501 that plugs into a PC, but > all it does is get power and save space. You still have to have a > Ethernet card in the PC and run drops from both cards to your LAN. Yep, that's true but the AccessPC card is less expensive. > The 4000M uses the same or a little faster 68000, and does do some fast > switching. The 4500 uses a 100Mhz MIPS processor, and the 4700 uses a > 133Mhz MIPS. > > I don't remember pricing on the 4000, but the 4500/4700 with ethernet > and high speed serial interfaces are something around $15K. Never seen a 4000 series before. Only the 2501, 2507 (2501 with 16 ethernet ports) and a 7010. Vince GaiaNet Corporation - Unix Networking Operations - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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