[lug] Advantage / Disadvantage

[Kevin Fenzi]

>>>>> "nunar" == nunar  <nunar at mauromedia.net> writes:

nunar> Is there and advantage/disadvantage to having a linux box
nunar> performing as a router and a DNS, as opposed to having a
nunar> separate Cisco router performing those functions?

sure:

- Linux is open source, so you often get updates much faster. 

- PC hardware is modular, so if an ethernet card goes out you can
  easily grab one off the shelf to replace it. 

- The Linux solution is a lot cheaper. ;) Especially if you already
  have a PC around that can be setup to do routing and DNS. 

- I don't think cisco's directly support DNS servers. I could be
  mistaken. 

nunar> Thanks, Shannon

kevin
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