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Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan () netrail net>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:55:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Paul A Vixie wrote:
as long as we're doing hardware design on the nanog list again, i'd like to mention that there's a little device that sits on an ISA bus and has an onboard PCIC (PCMCIA bus controller). to this one attaches a pair of 50-pin ribbon cables, and to these one attaches a device that fits physically where a 3.5-inch floppy drive would fit (which means you generally need a 5.25-inch expansion mount, cost:$3.00). the whole thing costs about $150. if your UNIX-like system that runs on an ISA bus also would run on a laptop and knows how to support PCMCIA devices, it will see these slots as completely normal. and if you put an NCR WaveLAN into one, you have yourself an ether/wireless router.
Yes, the prob is that it uses the CPU to do the BGP stuff and to route packets. This is a bad way to do it, you dont want to use your CPU to move the packets. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email sales () netrail net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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