[olug] OT: Used Routers

Sun Mar 15 18:12:38 UTC 2009

Ya pfSense is being used a lot. There's a few businesses in town here that use pf on cheap boxes,heartbeat with great success. It has been stated to me that the pf boxes have the highest uptime of their networked devices. 

Husker glass I think has pfsense if memory serves me well.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis LaMasters <curtislamasters at gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:50:28 
To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
Subject: Re: [olug] OT: Used Routers

I would vote pfSense for your home net.  I doubt you have any
stability issues as I am running 25 down /1.5 up or what one of my
client's does (100Mb). I run my home firewall off of an Intel whitebox
PIII 1ghz with 1Gb of RAM and my client runs a IronSystems built VIA
C7D 1.5Ghz with 2Gb of RAM.

Curtis LaMasters
http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
http://www.builtnetworks.com

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Sam Tetherow <tetherow at shwisp.net> wrote:
> Two others not on your list of alternatives are Imagestream
> www.imagestream.com and Mikrotik (www.mikrotik.com).  Both are linux
> based.  Not sure if Imagestream has any wireless options but Mikrotik
> does wireless fairly well.  Both are highly configurable and both have
> custom shells that sit atop linux.  On Imagestream you can actually get
> down to a shell.
>
>    Sam Tetherow
>    Sandhills Wireless
>
> Dan Clough wrote:
>> Ah!  Thanks for that link, I couldn't quite remember the name of the
>> local shop.  I've been to Optimum Data's offices once before.  Phil
>> was kind enough to give me my first two routers to start my Cisco lab
>> - definitely a good reason to bring my business to them.
>>
>> P.S. What's everyone's take on some other equipment manufacturers -
>> notably Extreme, Juniper, Foundry/Brocade, etc.  How's the learning
>> curve coming from a strictly IOS environment?
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Brian Roberson <roberson at olug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Blatant plug: Optimum Data.  Phil B. wont say it 'cause he works there...
>>> but I will cause I dont :) I have done business with these guys for 10+
>>> years and can speak volumes to their reputation, good bunch of guys over
>>> there. If you want a fast turn around on a quote, just shoot them an IM,
>>> they are all on AIM and their screen names are listed on the website.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.optimumdata.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm aware of the liquidator in Omaha, and I'm not saying those sites
>>>> are at all illegitimate - just that I'm getting very tired of chasing
>>>> around a bunch of salespeople who take four days to a week-plus to get
>>>> back to me.  (Personal experience, YMMV)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd still like to find some good merchants for used Cisco gear,
>>>> regardless of generation.  I honestly have no clue who's reputable and
>>>> who's not, and all those counterfeit equipment warnings have me
>>>> paranoid.
>>>>
>>>>
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