Re: [PLUG] cisco or linux as router for T1

[Jim Foster <jif@computer.org>]

Linux World just had a review of a Linux-based router.  It sounded
pretty good and much less expensive than Cisco.

At 09:13 AM 10/3/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> The company I work for is moving
> into a new office,
> and getting a T1, and I'm going to have to set up the
> network.  I am not familiar with cisco at all, but I
> am very familiar with IPTables.  Would it be a good
> idea to use a linux box as an alternative to the cisco
> router?  Does the csu/dsu even have an rj45 output?
>
> If it comes down to us having to use a cisco router,
> which one should I use, and would there be a big
> learning curve if I already understand the basics of
> routing?

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