[65967] in North American Network Operators' Group
Low end router alternative?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerald)
Fri Dec 19 16:57:56 2003
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:57:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Gerald <gcoon@inch.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I'm experimenting at home with hardware. I'm playing with low end T1
equipment at the moment. What is a low-cost router solution to hook to a
CSU/DSU? (where I don't have to pay a ridiculous $800+ IOS relicensing
fee preferably.)
With Cisco 2500's going on Ebay for $10-$30, I'd like to find something in
the <$50 price range that will do basic routing and has an RJ45 connector
plus some serial way for me to hook the CSU/DSU in to it.
Bonus abilities would be built in DHCP, NAT, 1-1 NAT mapping, port
mapping, and basic firewalling.
Maybe I'm looking at this too hard. Is there a cheap Smart-Jack to
Ethernet conversion system out there I'm missing for small businesses?
I know the hardware has been around for a while and the software I'm
looking for is not complicated. Maybe someone knows of a different OS
that'll go on the cheap cisco routers like:
http://www.mcvax.org/~koen/uClinux-cisco2500/images/
...only with a heartbeat. (That's not going to stop me from downloading it
and trying it though.)
Thanks for any suggestions on or off list.
Gerald
