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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ac.net!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router Date: 7 May 1996 15:27:46 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4moip2$f74@itchy.serv.net> References: <4lfm8j$kn3@nuscc.nus.sg> <4lt098$erq@itchy.serv.net> <Pine.SUN.3.90.960427140735.3161C-100000@tulip.cs.odu.edu> <4mj7f2$mno@news.clinet.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <4mj7f2$mno@news.clinet.fi>, Mika.J.H.Tuupola <tuupola@cloud9.l16.fi> wrote: >Jamie Bowden (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote: > >: The classic failing of unix boxes as a router is that the max throughput >: is about 2mbit...it's a limit of the os...this is not just a freebsd > > But since unix boxes are propably not used as routers by > universities or big companies but smaller user groups as > small bussinesses or hobbyists etc. the throughput of 2mb > should be enough. > > BTW. The big companies _do_ have the money to buy their > systems from cisco :) I beg to differ. We want to do full multi-homing on a second T-1 line. the choices are: * FreeBSD/gated - ~ $4000 - $6000 * Cisco 7xxx with route processor - ~ $30,000 * cisco 4700 - like $10 or $20K, I haven't priced it out yet. 1.5 megabits is currently enough, but will not be -very- soon. We cannot just go spend 30K on a cisco without eating top ramen for month. There needs to be a reliable, low-end solution. And incidentally, FreeBSD can push a lot better than 2 MB through a pentium with a decent card. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / CEO, Abstract Software (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson