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Re: So... what's the best routing solution for..

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Sena)
Sun Jun 14 17:28:12 1998

Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 12:21:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rich Sena <ras@poppa.clubrich.tiac.net>
To: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@shell.nacs.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19980609234310.07758@shell.nacs.net>


NADA - nothing - just default route - either with a small router or a unix
box acting as a gateway router with 2 ethernet cards.


On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Steve Sobol wrote:

> ... a small operation with a few computers (maybe three or four servers
> plus a handful of other computers)...
> 
> ... that is not multihomed, and in fact will just be running an Ethernet
> link down to the ISP downstairs...
> 
> ...that is too small to get an ASN and therefore can't do BGP...
> 
> Do I go with gated or something similar, or try to pick up a cheap used
> router... because I am going to be in this situation within the next
> couple months.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
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