[261] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Aug 15 13:47:43 1995
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 13:30:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
cc: Jon Zeeff <jon@branch.com>, peter@demon.net, sob@academ.com,
bwatson@mci.net, jerry@fc.net, inet-access@earth.com,
HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il, cidrd@iepg.org, nanog@merit.edu,
local-ir@ripe.net, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <199508151639.JAA28314@puli.cisco.com>
On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Paul Traina wrote:
>
> From: jon@branch.com (Jon Zeeff)
> Subject: Re: CIDR FAQ
>
> > BTW Any BSD4.4 based *NIX (NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc) *does* do CIDR.
>
> Another reason why some people are thinking that workstations and generic
> micros sometimes look pretty good as replacements for "real" routers.
>
> You get software that works, full source code, faster CPUs, and fewer
> memory limitations. At a cost low enough to get a "free" spare.
>
> Look, I really hate to sound like I have sour grapes, but this thread
> keeps coming up and I all hear about the PC router issue is a lot of
> talk about price and CPUs, but I don't actually hear any operational
> experience about them.
Well we are going to use a PC router if all works out for our MAE-East
connection. But we do have a cisco 4500-M if it des not work out.
Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World!
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