Re: System Load when using Linux as a router

[Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Derek Balling wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 1998, Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Chuck Carson wrote:
> > > I am curious as to what kind of load using Linux as a router places on
> > > a machine. I want to use a RH box with an ISDN circuit to route to a
> > > 5 to 6 computer lan. I want to also use the Linux machine as a mail and
> > 
> > With the Netgear ISDN router being so cheap (less than $300), why bother
> > even worrying about it? Buy the bloody router! (yes, it does IP masq, and
> > yes, it handles dynamic IP just fine though it handles static IP even
> > better).  
> 
> Why bother worrying about it? Because the linux box can do it without
> adding any additional cost. :)

Is this running a full 128kb dual-channel connection? (You have a serial
port that goes that fast?). 

About the only real advantage is that ipfwadm is easier to deal with than
most router command sets (I swear that these people must have learned
English as a THIRD language!). But when there's $100 difference between
a terminal adapter ("ISDN Modem") and a full-blown ISDN router, I have a
hard time justifying the terminal adapter, especially considering that
most Linux machines' serial ports won't handle a full 128kb dual-channel
connection while most ISDN routers will do compressed PPP at greater than
128kb without even breathing hard. 

Eric Lee Green   [EMAIL PROTECTED]          Executive Consultants
Systems Specialist               Educational Administration Solutions
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