Re: MLPPP/ISDN with more than 2B Channels

Bruce Speyer (bruce.speyer@elecomm.com)
Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:31:52 -0500

At 02:13 PM 7/30/97 -0500, Gene Chesser wrote:
>Hi Jonah,
>
>----------
>> From: Jonah Yokubaitis <barron@texas.net>
>>
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Gene Chesser wrote:
>>
>> This is probably the WORST advice I have heard _ever_. As any
>> engineer that works at an ISP will tell you. Making NT route is the
>> _worst_ idea in the history of bad ideas. Support nightmare. Don't be
>> cheap, buy a router.
>>
>
>I wouldn't dare defend NT against other operating systems. There's
>hundreds of news groups into that. I'm also not against routers.
>

I'm running our Elecomm office with a 486/DX50 and 20MB RAM running ISDN
gateway and NT 4.0 router for us. Works great - never fails! That is about
as wimpy an NT server one can run too. We keep our Internet server boxes
co-located at ISPs.

Sure, I wouldn't run an ISP that way but for a small office no problem.

>
>> Gene, are you getting kickbacks from these companies or something?
>> Your advice is so far from the basis of reality I just have to wonder.
>>

No kickbacks. (Hey, too bad!)

>
>Not at all. This is just the best low end solution that I've seen. Bus
>cards have the ability to adapt to changing software and are typically very
>dependent on the host processor and memory. However, with the advent of $
>1,400.00 200 mhz systems it makes sence to get the full use of ISDN with
>inexpensive passive cards. It is truly a entry point and volume users
>should always consider there complete network architecture before applying
>servers or routers.
>

Yes - good use for an older box.

>> Jonah
>>
>> Jonah Barron Yokubaitis | Austin|San Antonio|Houston
>> President | Dallas|Fort Worth|Boerne
>> Texas.Net | Georgetown|Dripping Springs
>> http://www.texas.net | Making 56k affordable
>>
>
>Gene
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>J. E. "Gene" Chesser chesser@tiug.org
>http://home1.gte.net/gchesser/ 915-646-2116
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>Texas ISDN Users Group http://www.tiug.org/
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>

Bruce

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