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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: configuring BSD/OS to use PC as a router
Date: 15 Oct 1995 05:14:45 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: cnordin@hq.vni.net's message of 14 Oct 1995 16:14:44 -0400
In article <cnordin.813701564@news.vni.net> cnordin@hq.vni.net (Craig Nordin) writes:
Is a Pentium BSDI router, with two ethernet cards and a V.35 card a more
powerful, dependable, and flexible router than a livinston IRX 111?
Anything have anything more concrete than invective to base their choice on?
You can't buy anything more powerful and reliable than a Cisco 7000.
You can buy things that are substantially cheaper. ;-)
A real dedicated router that does real-time switching in hardware is
always going to be more powerful than any Unix-based router. On the
other hand, a PC running NetBSD or FreeBSD may be adequate for a small
network, and more flexible and less expensive. Cisco makes small
low-end routers as well. You'll have to decide which is the best use
of your money...
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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