Re: Linux Router KIT

[Rob Walker <rob () varesearch com>]

> > > > > On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:45:36 +0200 (EET), Matei Conovici
> > > > > <cmatei () roedu net> said:

Matei> Of course a Linux/PC will never beat a cisco :-) but the cost
Matei> is sometimes an order of magnitude lower for roughly the same
Matei> performance.

It is just this point which keeps me running a PC router.  I cannot
afford to buy a cisco with 4 100Mbit ethernet cards in it.  But I can
afford 100Mbit PC cards all day long.  Even one quad card.  I would
love to use IOS for the access lists and other goodies.

rob