[ale] Re: Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: Mind/link DSL and linux?) -- 386-486sx/dx

[eric.ayers at mindspring.com (Eric Z. Ayers)]

Well, most are, but I have heard of a 486 with PCI.

A 486 makes an OK router.  Lots of routers only do 10mbit only.  It
makes lots of sense if you have a T1 on one side and a LAN on the
other - the T1 is only 1.5 Mbit...  

-Eric.

buggz writes:
 > On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Joe Knapka wrote:
 > 
 > I'm really not understanding how everyone is using a pos 386 or 486 as a
 > router.
 > How are you going to get a pair of nics worth having in such a machine ?
 > Am I mis-understanding here ?  
 > I thought most 100mb nics are pci.
 > 
 > 
 >  Ed June             
 > 
 >  buggz at america.net
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