Where is the cheapest place to get these routers? I haven't looked
in a while, the last I checked they were $800 a piece. I already have
a 3com IQ modem and with a high speed serial card, I have gotten
full usage from the circuit under windows NT. (Even better with the
compression) I do not know, however,
if the serial card is supported under the Linux kernel. I do not have
the brand of the serial board handy at the moment)
Thanks,
WC
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Derek Balling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Chuck Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Red Hat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: System Load when using Linux as a router
>On Fri, 1 May 1998, Derek Balling wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 May 1998, Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chuck Carson wrote:
>> > > I am curious as to what kind of load using Linux as a router places
on
>> > > a machine. I want to use a RH box with an ISDN circuit to route to a
>> > > 5 to 6 computer lan. I want to also use the Linux machine as a mail
and
>> >
>> > With the Netgear ISDN router being so cheap (less than $300), why
bother
>> > even worrying about it? Buy the bloody router! (yes, it does IP masq,
and
>> > yes, it handles dynamic IP just fine though it handles static IP even
>> > better).
>>
>> Why bother worrying about it? Because the linux box can do it without
>> adding any additional cost. :)
>
>Is this running a full 128kb dual-channel connection? (You have a serial
>port that goes that fast?).
>
>About the only real advantage is that ipfwadm is easier to deal with than
>most router command sets (I swear that these people must have learned
>English as a THIRD language!). But when there's $100 difference between
>a terminal adapter ("ISDN Modem") and a full-blown ISDN router, I have a
>hard time justifying the terminal adapter, especially considering that
>most Linux machines' serial ports won't handle a full 128kb dual-channel
>connection while most ISDN routers will do compressed PPP at greater than
>128kb without even breathing hard.
>
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