[SunRescue] Re: [Sunhelp] Whew...

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjrn Ramqvist [mailto:brt at osk.sema.se]
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 11:19 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Re: [Sunhelp] Whew...
> 
> 
> > | Just out of curiosity, what's the best value for a 
> functional Solaris
> > | unit (pref sparc architecture) for
> > 
> > | routing, and
> > 
> > Call Cisco.
> 
> 
> Just for curiosity... Why Cisco? :-)
> I can't think of another company beginning to look more and more like
> Micro$oft, considering their size, support and everything. 
> Look at their
> product catalogue! :-) OK, yes, they DO make the biggest 
> (fastest, most
> bandwidth-capable) routers on the Internet, but besides that is there
> anything "oh so special" about Cisco?
> (IOS? huuh...)

For the "real" routers made by Cisco, I prefer them to the ones made by 3Com
(the only two brands I've used).  IOS is a lot nicer to work with than
whatever 3com works with, and allows easier access to more things.  IOS is
also a bit ahead in supporting routing protocols (beyond RIP, to things like
OSPF, and BGP3/4) than what I've seen out of our 3Com products.  On the
consumer side, my Cisco 675 ATM-DSL to ethernet bridge/router crashed 3
times on my last night, the only thing you can do is unplug it.  
	Greg