What do you mean? For folks with 7200/7500 series routers, one ethernet interface is priced at a very reasonable <turn head and cough> $5k list price. :-( The minute some company comes out with a rationally priced alternative to the 7500 series Ciscos, and assuming cisco doesn't immediately buy them, I think we'll all be the happier for it. I actually priced out the 24x7 smartnet prices for a couple of loaded 7206's and it was cheaper just to buy a spare router to gut for parts. C -----Original Message----- From: Network Operations Center [mailto:noc@nwrain.net] Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 10:34 AM To: alex@nac.net Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Linux Router KIT Hello All, On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 alex@nac.net wrote:

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It's also possible to get spare parts for PCs at 8 PM on Saturday. Not true for Cisco. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/sno/smons_ds.htm

Section: SMARTnet Onsite 24x7x4 But, Not at $79.00 + tax for a -good- 10/100 card . True ? JimL