I thought they shipped with a 386 40Mhz. Have they been upgraded to the 486???
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>Gee, guess that means my Cisco 250x's aren't real routers because they
>only have 25Mhz 68030's? :)
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>> The portmaster is what is is a
>> port server not a router. So if you think he will be getting all kinds of
routes from everywhere then you are
>> better off using a dedicated router, but dont take my word for it.
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>If he's got large routing tables, he'll want a better routing protocol than
>RIP, and last I looked Ascend only did RIP (albeit v2).
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>Anyway, if he just needs to route a couple of BRI's, none of this really
>matters. Just about anything should have adequate CPU to handle that,
>and routing protocols aren't a big problem. On a larger scale they should
>be a significant concern, but not for several BRI's (I think the original
>question was about just 1 BRI). My biggest concern would be the reliability
>of the equipment.
We have been using the Livingston OR-U into a 2ER with a 5BRI and it
performs great. With Multilink PPP and use of the High Water mark the OR-U
has been connected now for three months solid. Large routing tables and RIP
is doing just fine.
Huge
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