I would think that for your use, a linux box with NAT and a good firewall
would be sufficient. Your main problem is to get a something that will
connect to the DTE (serial) connection coming from the DSU on the T1 and
bridging it to ethernet. We have a Cisco provided by our ISP that does this.
The only routing it does is to get traffic from our firewall/NAT (A 3Com
Netbuilder) to the Internet.
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:27:35 -0400 Keith Warno
Hello all.
My place o' business is considering getting a T1. Half of the T will be used for data (512kbps) and the other half will be used for voice. Currently we're using crappy cable modem service provided by a crappy cable company.
Anyway, the T will come from Sprint. Sprint has suggested we get a Cisco router but personally I think that would be serious overkill. The T would be serving 8 people, possibly more (but not much more) in the future. There won't be a hell of a lot of traffic over it; most of it will be inbound email, such as from this list! ;-)
My question is: is anyone using or has anyone used a Linux box for routing in a similiar situation? If so, what kind of performance have you seen? Or better yet, is there any reason NOT to use Linux box in such a situation? If we were to get a Cisco router it would probably be leased from Sprint and be under their control. I'd like to avoid this; the point of getting the T is for reliability and to avoid having to rely on an outside party should there be a problem.
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