Learned List:
I'm a proponent of Linux boxes for integrating my company's new
and existing national offices via the DSL options that are
increasingly available throughout the country. I'm a proponent not
because Linux is sexy, but because I've soberly and objectively (I
think) set up a dozen or so linux servers (Redhat 4.x, 5.x, 6.x) for
my company over the last three years in various Frame-relay,
ISDN, dialup and DSL environments with very solid results.
Linux Platforms have proven incredibly flexible, meeting about every
need that can be thought of and some that I couldn't think of at the
time. Furthermore, the Linux platforms have had very close to zero
admin and zero crash time once set up. Cost for Linux setups is
basicly that of a modestly speced pentium and initial configuration
work by someone with adequate Linux expertise.
Now, I'm hearing more and more about
"Plug and play broadband (DSL) routers out on the
market...providing VPN, Firewall, DHCP, NAT, etc.; most for
under $300...WebRamp, Linksys, WatchGuard, and Xsense
are all available."
If plug and play $300 or under alternatives to Linux Routing,
Proxying, Firewalling, etc are really in apples to apples comparison
with a Linux box for the same functions, then I'd be an idiot to
argue with my company's Linux skeptics? And my arguments
would certainly not be sober and objective even if I were an idiot?
Is there such a thing as a broadband free lunch? My common
sense argues against it.
Jerry R. Keene
Senior Systems Analyst
SCS ENGINEERS
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Phone: 703.471.6150
Fax: 703.471.6676
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