Re: Soekris, first hand experiences?

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

* Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh_(_dot_)_kathe_(_at_)_gmail_(_dot_)_com> [2004-12-16 17:16]:
> I've seen a few negative ratings for the Soekris boards in the past
> few postings.

there was one dude who bought a 4port soekris network card that is 
designed to be used with the soekris boxen. design goals for this card 
where obviously low power consumption and good peformance - and it hits 
that goals as far as I can tell, while beeing dirt cheap at the same 
time.
in the poster's application he should have looked for NICs that where 
designed for performance... but hey, you're not goint to find these for 
$90 the four-port-card. surprise eh.

> I am about to suggest a Soekris router to a company.
> Would listas please advise if I should go ahead with the suggestion?

depends on the task of course, but the soekris hardware is excellent.

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