[ale] 486's as routers?

[baoha at sensoria.com (Bao C. Ha)]

> whats the benifits besides cost to using linux on a 486 as a router?

It is faster than most of your "standard" routers on the market, including
the Cisco 2501/17xx series, or those thingy Linksys gateways. It has more
memory, ...

> whats the negatives?

Noisy like hell!  Looks like a tank!  Built like a tank!  And drinks more
"juices" than three standard 60-watt light bulbs!

> im curious mostly but, i was wondering in case i ever wanted 
> to implement
> them in a buisness setting.

In a business setting???

Bao

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