LARTC - Jan 2006 - RE: FS: Cyclades PC300/TE2 Dual T1 Interface PCI Card For LinuxPC!

I hope this isn''t too far off topic.  I did a little bit of pricing
homework a few months ago on new T1 cards.  The idea was to build a
Linux based router/firewall.  After all, Ethernet NICs are easily
available for less than $10 today.  But all the T1 cards I found cost a
fortune.  And about a year ago, I learned the list price for a complete
Adtran Netvanta 3200 router with T1 card is in the $700 range.  Cisco
17xx routers are considerably more expensive.  With that kind of cost, I
have a difficult time justifying the time and effort to build a Linux T1
router.  Am I nuts?  Does anyone know of an ongoing supply for low cost
and reliable PCI <--> T1 cards?
 
- Greg Scott
 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: lartc-bounces@mailman.ds9a.nl
[mailto:lartc-bounces@mailman.ds9a.nl] On Behalf Of Brian Hammerstein
	Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 1:26 PM
	To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl
	Subject: [LARTC] FS: Cyclades PC300/TE2 Dual T1 Interface PCI
Card For LinuxPC!
	
	
	Hi. I have a Cyclades PC300/TE2 card that turns a Linux PC into
a Dual T1 interface router. It is well made and high performance. I used
it for a few years. It includes two T1 cables. Cyclades has gotten out
of this business but the Linux kernel developer community supports this
card so no additional driver is needed.
	 
	It cost me $700+. I would like to sell it for about $300.
	 
	Put this in a PC with Linux and you get a dual T1 router. Run
BGP4 with freeware like Zebra. Way way cool.
	 
	http://www.cyclades.com/products/6/pc300
	http://www.cyclades.com/resources/?wp=6
	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/hdlc/#cards
	 



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