From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning) Subject: innocent remark
From another list...
given that a BSD/386 or NetBSD system can be put together quite cheaply and does a fine job at handling PPP and SLIP and multiple ethernets, this seems like a fine alternative to dedicated routers like Cisco for T1/E1-speed internet gateways. especially considering the power of GateD 3.5, and that a 16MB cisco can't handle a "full internet route table" while a 16MB i486 machine can do it easily. ... Comments from the gated crowd? The cisco crowd? Go for it, have a party. I've got 2 BSD boxes myself, and I prefer them over clunky cisco routers. Besides, have you ever been able to play DOOM on an AGS? -- Regards, Bill Manning