Re: TI-H: Re: Grant: Master of AOL (NOT!)

Re: TI-H: Re: Grant: Master of AOL (NOT!)

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: Grant: Master of AOL (NOT!)
• From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
• Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:23:08 -0800 (AKDT)
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>sure it is. go to a business getting rid of their old machines. they usually
>have old dos disks laying around ready to be trashed. and we're also not
>talking about availability. you are avoiding the topic yet again. we are
>talking about raw friggin usability in terms of network statistics. In terms
>of network statistics, they are both just as easy and informative. let it
>go.

Old machines.  Linux is prepackaged to build a compact network OS.  You can
get a kernel, router, telnet, and netowork diagnostics all on a floppy.
You could probably do that with DOS with IPRoute, but IPRoute uses a packet
driver and takes over controll of ethernet card, so you couldn't run
diagnostics while routing internet.

IProute is the best routing program for 386/low end 486.  No wonder cisco
bought it.  It used to be free shareware, now you have to pay for it.

Cisco didn't want freeware+386 to preform as well as their $2,000 routers.  :)

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