Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:58:59 +0800 (CST) From: Ronald Wiplinger <ronald@mail.trace.net.tw> To: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com> Cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any experience with T3/HSSI cards and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990715215745.23330B-100000@mail.trace.net.tw> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990715064717.03c6ec30@ccsales.com>
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Randy A. Katz wrote: > Ronald, >=20 > So nice to hear from you also! I own two Cisco 7507's both with Dual DS3 > and Dual Ethernet ports, a number of dual-T1 adapters and a dual-HSSI > adapter from ETInc. >=20 > I am actually in need of a single T1 adapter if you have one for sale...b= ut > it needs to be later and PCI, do you have such beast on hand? I could > probably, time permitting, relieve it from your hands should we be able t= o > come to reasonable terms. The one - port card is a ISA, worked very well, therefore I bought the 2 four port cards. All together I would like to get out of the house, .... >=20 > Please let me know, > Randy Katz >=20 >=20 > At 02:01 PM 7/15/99 +0800, Ronald Wiplinger wrote: > >I could not resist, but your words makes me laugh. Maybe the otherway > round would > >happen, Dennis would finally find a place at the xxxxx, where he cannot = blend > >customers anymore, and better educated sales engineer would take over. > >Anyway I use his cards only for activating the bandwidth filter anymore, > and even > >that one is wrong as already mentioned several times. Unfortunatly I > cannot sell > >his card, but if you Randy are so happy with it, would you mind to buy t= he > three > >cards I have from Etinc? It comes of course as from the factory - withou= t any > >support, no manual (but I give you the empty manual disk as well), screw= s > of the > >cable are not to use, ... > >but it looks perfect. For the bandwidth manager you just need to divide = the > >figures by two than it is correct too, .... but hey therefore it is chea= p, > .... > > > >Counting the effort to get the thing running and the downtime I had with > it, it is > >the expensivest router I ever bought, ... > >I am now back at Cisco 3640s. More expenses front up, but working witho= ut > any > >downtime within minutes!!! The longest time you spend with the 3640 is t= o > unwrapp > >it! > > > > > >"Randy A. Katz" wrote: > > > >> Cool! > >> > >> I guess Dennis is granted another stab at life since this story cannot > >> possibly convince a (flea?). I use Dennis's products, have received > >> excellent support from Dennis himself, and have no financial gain by s= aying > >> so...actually I hope that none of you use his products because once th= e big > >> guys find out how good his HSSI cards are (and software) then there wi= ll be > >> no more Dennis (have a good vacation Dennis), no more ETInc...only a b= ig > >> marketing push and some back office engineers which are served iced > >> cappucino as they disect and embelish Dennis stuff! > >> > >> At 07:45 PM 7/14/99 -0400, Dennis wrote: > >> >At 05:14 PM 7/14/99 -0700, you wrote: > >> >>At 5:20 PM -0400 7/14/99, Dennis was again pimping his product: > >> >>>Dont pay too much attention to our list prices. The gov't is buying > them at > >> >> > >> >>Don't pay too much attention to Dennis period. Browse through > >> >>archives of inet-access and you'll see what I mean. The other vendor= s > >> >>deserve more of your attention. > >> >> > >> >>Some great "Dennisisms": > >> >> > >> >> - All ISPs are in the business of pirating software > >> >> > >> >> - No ISPs are potential customers of his > >> >> > >> >> - Any ISP that blocks spam should be sued and possibly thrown in = the > >> >slammer > >> >> > >> >> - Anyone that is too stupid to figure out his products on their o= wn > with > >> >> no support, doesn't qualify to buy them > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>No, I'm not making these up. Yes, his product seems attractive, but > >> >>for me, his general demeanor online would scare me away. > >> > > >> >LOL. You're a real quality guy Jonny boy. A bit of embellishment, don= t ya > >> >think? > >> > > >> >I dont think people on this list are dumb enough to believe that > because we > >> >dont supply source that I think ISPs are pirates, or because I believ= e > that > >> >ISPs that block mail indescriminately are in the wrong that they shou= ld be > >> >thrown in the slammer, or that I dont think that ISPs are my customer= base > >> >(MOST of my customers are ISPs...I just said that the inet-access is = a > list > >> >for ciscoheads and are not likely to buy anything from me). If you're > going > >> >to exaggerate so substantially at least try to make it believable for > >> >pete's sake! > >> > > >> >Dennis > >> >Emerging Technologies, Inc. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >http://www.etinc.com > >> >ISA and PCI T1/T3/V35/HSSI Cards for FreeBSD and LINUX > >> >HSSI/T3 UNIX-based Routers > >> >Bandwidth Manager > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >http://www.etinc.com/bwmgr.htm > >> > > >> > > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > >> > > >> > > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > >-- > >Ronald Wiplinger (=C3Q=A4=AF=AF=C7) http://www.trace.net.tw > >phone number =3D e-mail: > >e-mail: 0935869459@phonebook.com.tw or ronald@trace.net.tw > > > > > >Attachment Converted: "d:\eudorapgp\attach\ronald.vcf" > > >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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