routers, gateways, firewalls, dns etc...

[Craig White]

Just out of curiosity...how much does the esoft 300 go for?

Craig

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of
> der.hans
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 10:30 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: routers, gateways, firewalls, dns etc...
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Digital Wokan wrote:
>
> > If you're getting a T1, why aren't you getting an entire Class C to go
> > with it?  You shouldn't even have to bother with IP Masq anymore.
> > As for what a router can do, we've got a Cisco 2620 and while the
> > graphical setup is nice, it doesn't appear to be nearly as flexible as
> > using the Cisco's CLI or Linux's CLI.  The basic 2620 IOS comes with the
> > Masq'ing ability, and minor firewall capabilities.  For the real deal
> > (IPSec, VPN, IP-GRE), Cisco wants another $800-$2400 (for what amounts
> > to the Linux equivalent of a recompiled kernel).  And don't forget the
> > almost impossible to avoid $300+ RAM upgrade to fit your new IOS image
> > into (from the basic package).
> > I really wish Linux VPN and PPTP clients were easier to configure and
> > also tie into IPMasq (we only have ISDN, but T-1's coming).  That $400
> > Linux box would have beat the Cisco router into the ground in
> > price/performance ratio (IMHO, of course).
>
> Look at esoft, http://www.esoft.com/. You'll want model 300 or higher for
> VPN. Just got a presentation from them Fri. Haven't looked beyond that
> yet.
>
> It's no longer $400, but still less than the $2400 upgrade :).
>
> Let me know if you go with esoft as excelco might become a reseller for
> them ;-).
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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