>
> Gary:
> That's funny, I told Packeteer the same thing, the Packetshaper costs
> way too much. They returned with a comment that they were looking at a
> lower end unit, but that thing is already only a dual 10BastT unit with
> pretty basic functionality. Considering that you can take an old system
> that's going out of service, like a P75 or some such thing, load Linux
> and some bandwidth limiting software on it and have the same thing as a
> Packetshaper that can also do other services (like routing, seconday DNS
> or something), why would you spend the 7K for the Packetshaper? for $2000
> you can do the same thing with a faster machine and stick a T-1 card
> right in it.
Cool!! Thanks Charles. I have no problems with setting up a Linux box as a
router. Now where the heck do I find this "bandwidth limiting" software
and the T1 card?
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