The FP Room is back up!!!

[John Esak]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Bill
> Campbell
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: The FP Room is back up!!!
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2005, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> >John Esak, the prominent pundit, on Mon, Feb 21 21:36  while half
> >mumbling half-witicized:
> >
> >> > The 1720 is not that expensive going for under #1000, however
> >> > our
> >>
> >> That's pretty annoying... I bought the 1720 a few years ago,
> >> but it was most certainly not under $1,000. MOre like $2,600
> >> or so??? Can't remember, but it was a heck of a lot more than
> >> $1000.
> >
> >Well we weren't exactly "happy campers" when we found market value
> >of the 7210 at about $2K either
>
> I have some rather expensive Ascend Maxen that aren't worth much today.
> How about three Telebit WorldBlazers and a TrailBlazer that are holding
> down a shelf in my server room.
>
> >> I just ordered a Sonic Wall for $500_ that will blow away
> >> the features and performance of that Cisco... will put it in
> >> tomorrow and /or next day move the server back there.
> >
> >Really nice little units.
>
> Has SonicWall ever released anything that doesn't require a
> Windows box to maintain it?  I really prefer routers that I can
> ssh into, and CLI maintenance.  We used to use a fair number of
> Bay Networks routers, but I hated their SiteManager program.
>
> Bill
> --

Well, no... too bad. I liked the character based menus of my old Netopias,
but the Sonic Wall routers we have all require browsers.  They are flexible
as hell though... and with a Multitech "RasFinder" we are able to have
dialup-modem fail over and fail back to our T1's. This is way cool and saves
us (and has actually saved us) during failures that would have been very bad
for our outlying locations.  Our place is now like the I Love Lucy chocolate
candy conveyor belt scenario... stop for anything and you're done for...
those labels and new instructions and orders and etc., have to keep coming
as the boxes come off the line!  The SW's have been a BIG help in this
regard.

Because, even if you take the trouble to double up on your broadband with a
company that is willing to put the backup on a completely different
setup/backbone, etc., you are still most likely going to be reliant on the
_same_ local loop franchise... and in our area there is only Verizon...
Having a completely separate method for connecting when any part of it goes
down... on either side... really allows me to sleep better at night.

This was one of the first things Rick and I did together at Scott
Shackelford's suggestion. The little Sonci Walls are just right for the
game, and our big SW is as solid as they come. (knocking on wood all over
his desk as he types)  :-)

John