Most Cisco equipment is considered well engineered and built and you pay a premium for it. Depending on what you desire to accomplish, there may be less expensive alternatives. But then again, sometimes you get what you pay for. I’d be happy to help out if I can on any particulars you may have.
-------------------- Bob Gilliland InKnowVative Communications Harrisburg PA, USA
"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." Benjamin Franklin Posts: 642 | From: Harrisburg, PA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Well, here I am confessing my ignorance. I was looking over a list of items that were to be auctioned off from a bankrupt sign business and one of the items was a Cisco Router. With my mind being on just one track most of the time, I obviously was thinking this was some type of flatbed router that I could pick up for a little of nothing and not have to sandblast any more.
Thanks to all who set me straight. Just out of curosity...how much do these things cost? And what do they do? See, there I go again showing my ignorance. Quills were a lot simplier.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I just took a look at Cisco's site and it looks like a basic network router.. I just installed a Cisco PIX 515 firewall router on our network. I'm not familiar with the 2501 model, but ours was roughly $4500. I did a search and that router was available for $399.00 Cisco is the big name in network equipment these days, but not the kinda equipment that a small business can really justify the big $$$. I might add that Cisco equipment is very difficult to install if you don't know what your doing.
-------------------- Bruce Evans Crown Graphics Chino, CA graphics@westcoach.net Posts: 912 | From: Chino, CA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I’d be happy to help out if I can on any particulars you may have.
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