[ale] 486's as routers?

[Geoffrey]

cfowler wrote:
> Some business think that if it isn't expensive it is no good. Tell them
> you got a router that is faster and more reliable than a Cisco and
> charge big bucks for it.  

Yeah, and stick one of those stickers on the outside that says 'designed 
for Windows XP.'

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> On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 13:05, Bao C. Ha wrote:
> 
>>>whats the benifits besides cost to using linux on a 486 as a router?
>>>
>>It is faster than most of your "standard" routers on the market, including
>>the Cisco 2501/17xx series, or those thingy Linksys gateways. It has more
>>memory, ...
>>
>>
>>>whats the negatives?
>>>
>>Noisy like hell!  Looks like a tank!  Built like a tank!  And drinks more
>>"juices" than three standard 60-watt light bulbs!
>>
>>
>>>im curious mostly but, i was wondering in case i ever wanted 
>>>to implement
>>>them in a buisness setting.
>>>
>>In a business setting???
>>
>>Bao
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