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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Using PC as router ok? Date: 21 Sep 1996 13:25:07 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 44 Message-ID: <520qbj$n7s@nike.volvo.se> References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960911145226.26774E-100000@syl> <51v5om$d4d@keota.uswmedia.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I would go for the router - at all costs! The reason is : -relability (not that bsdi is unstable, it is not, but a router is never brought down for backup etc, it is totally unaffected bu users wanting to upgrade teh computer etc. -performance (you never even get close -functionality (virtually any routing protocol, virtually any mix of protoxols, easy setting of filters etc But the suggested cisco 4500 might be overkill, if all you need as 2 interfaces a 2500 would do the job perfectly well. my 5c Chris Fedde (cfedde@keota.uswmedia.com) wrote: : In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960911145226.26774E-100000@syl>, : R. Miller <rmiller@syl.nj.nec.com> wrote: : > : >We need to purchase a router for our department. It was suggested by : >someone that we use a PC as both router and firewall. My question to this : >group is - are there any performance considerations? At what point does : >it make sense to go with a standalone router like a CISCO 4500-M versus : >using a PC running BSDI? Are there any significant limitations to using : >BSDI as far as number of ethernet cards supported or ability of PCI vs : >ISA ethernet cards to handle the throughput? : > : >I welcome any and all commentary on this topic as we are on the verge of : >purchasing a CISCO router unless I get some good feedback about this : >other option... Thanks! : > : > --------------------------------------------------------------- : > Ruth Miller NEC Open Systems Laboratory : > Senior Systems Administrator Princeton, NJ : > 609-734-6071 fax 609-734-6001 : > ---------------------------------------------------------------- : > -- -- Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27