> > > understand that hardware is not measured in means of speed but in means of
> > > usability. 386DX-40 is good enough for routing, 486DX4-100 is fast enough
> >
> > 386DX-40, 486DX-33 are exactly machines i use for routing..over 10
> > routers, both gets 3 months uptime or more.
> One of my radionet 486DX25 based routers (running IPv6-only!) just
> missed its 800 day (>2 years) uptime mark due to a prolonged power-failure.
> Thumps up for NetBSD (and Kame) and its developers from me!

all my NetBSD routers run as it started, except ona machine that had
broken motherboard (fixed).

>
> It ran NetBSD 1.5 and routed multiple Terabytes of IPv6 traffic during
> that uptime (now this should impress any Other-OS-IPv6 user that started
> using IPv6 a few years ago). In addition, I guess we are not the only ones
> that are still *ordering* 486 boxes to use as routers or `embedded'
> functions as it is hard to run a 2Ghz Pentium on a battery, noise
> free... outside a fridge. Definately not old crap.
>
if you like tons of 486 can be get for very very low price. just come to
Poland with TIR and 2 containers ;)


> Feico.
> PS: And if you want a nice modern laptop, you buy a nice powerbook
> instead of inferior intel junk. Right? At least it is quite responsive
> to *me* :).

what price??