Very GOOD Len, FWIW for a free packet filter (ACL), at the box, you're welcome to download and use packet filter: http://www.famhost.com/support/pktfilter.zip looks pretty straight forward and easy to implement.. has source code (GNU). btw.. we call the GUI-only jockeys 'appliance operators' <grin>
~Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:38 AM - SATCOM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Bandwidth Managers > > >We've > >always been pleased with the quality of the Allot technical support, as > >well. > > ET,INC is a pretty small operation compared to Allot or NetScreen > CORPs. And ETINC can and does offer the best/most bang for the bw mgmt > buck, without any discussion. > > Build your own (2 Ghz) box, put in as many WAN and LAN interfaces of > different types/speeds, and drop FreeBSD + bw-mgr + ipfilter in it, and > then see what a Allot / Netscreen / Cisco box with equivalent interfaces > and throughput would cost to buy. > > To say nothing of the MRC of hardware contracts for proprietary hardware vs > no contract for your own box. > > And, I don't think I would want GUI-only jockeys playing with my > infrastructure settings like who gets what bandwidth and what the network > ACL's are. :)) > > Len > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
