I hope
this isn't too far off topic. I did a little bit of pricing homework a few
months ago on new T1 cards. The idea was to build a Linux based
router/firewall. After all, Ethernet NICs are easily available for less
than $10 today. But all the T1 cards I found cost a fortune. And
about a year ago, I learned the list price for a complete Adtran Netvanta
3200 router with T1 card is in the $700 range. Cisco 17xx routers are
considerably more expensive. With that kind of cost, I have a difficult
time justifying the time and effort to build a Linux T1 router. Am I
nuts? Does anyone know of an ongoing supply for low cost and
reliable PCI <--> T1 cards?
- Greg
Scott
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From: lartc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lartc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Hammerstein
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:26 PM
To: lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: FS: Cyclades PC300/TE2 Dual T1 Interface PCI Card For LinuxPC!Hi. I have a Cyclades PC300/TE2 card that turns a Linux PC into a Dual T1 interface router. It is well made and high performance. I used it for a few years. It includes two T1 cables. Cyclades has gotten out of this business but the Linux kernel developer community supports this card so no additional driver is needed.It cost me $700+. I would like to sell it for about $300.Put this in a PC with Linux and you get a dual T1 router. Run BGP4 with freeware like Zebra. Way way cool.
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