Comment Re:Price is not right? (Score 1) 59
The good ol' Cisco router your are talking about is indeed "old," both in design as well as being used.
I agree with your conclusion that you don't want to engineer your own Linux solution when you get up into ATM/SONET at DS3 speeds and above. But why go with a Cisco? They don't guarantee line-rate performance because their products don't deliver it when you activate advanced packet processing features like QoS, packet filtering, and NAT. When you buy a Cisco router like what you describe, you can expect to lose some percentage of your DS3 pipes because the Cisco router will not route them at wire-speed under many conditions.
In contrast with the Cisco router you bought, ImageStream's Gateway router will route two ATM DS3 circuits and 8 ATM T1 circuits at wire-speed, and we guarantee it. That great deal you think you got was about the same price you would pay for a new ImageStream Gateway router with two ATM DS3 cards and an 8-port T1 card with IMA support. Of course, the new ImageStream router also would include a complete software distribution, 1 year warranty on parts and labor, 24/7 technical support for 1 year, and free software upgrades for life, which the used Cisco would not provide.
ImageStream manufactures the world's lowest cost DS3/E3, OC3 and OC12 routers, and we have been competing with Cisco used prices for years. If you like Linux, and you want a high-end router that includes guaranteed wire-speed performance, you should check out our Web site at http://www.imagesteam.com.
I agree with your conclusion that you don't want to engineer your own Linux solution when you get up into ATM/SONET at DS3 speeds and above. But why go with a Cisco? They don't guarantee line-rate performance because their products don't deliver it when you activate advanced packet processing features like QoS, packet filtering, and NAT. When you buy a Cisco router like what you describe, you can expect to lose some percentage of your DS3 pipes because the Cisco router will not route them at wire-speed under many conditions.
In contrast with the Cisco router you bought, ImageStream's Gateway router will route two ATM DS3 circuits and 8 ATM T1 circuits at wire-speed, and we guarantee it. That great deal you think you got was about the same price you would pay for a new ImageStream Gateway router with two ATM DS3 cards and an 8-port T1 card with IMA support. Of course, the new ImageStream router also would include a complete software distribution, 1 year warranty on parts and labor, 24/7 technical support for 1 year, and free software upgrades for life, which the used Cisco would not provide.
ImageStream manufactures the world's lowest cost DS3/E3, OC3 and OC12 routers, and we have been competing with Cisco used prices for years. If you like Linux, and you want a high-end router that includes guaranteed wire-speed performance, you should check out our Web site at http://www.imagesteam.com.
