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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Matei Conovici wrote:
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> > Lots of types interfaces? EIGRP? Things that Linux/PC does have is Hard
> > drives that fail, etc; I guess you could do a flash thing, though. Other
> > protocols, like IPX, Dec, ATalk, etc are not going to happen.
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> Will you please point out other router than cisco which has EIGRP ?
My point exactly.
> What kind of interface do you want ? You have async (multiport
> async), sync, ethernet, fddi and now atm is coming. BTW, do you get
> arcnet with cisco ? :-)
HSSI?
> IPX and appletalk have been there for a _long_ time. There is also a
> Linux DECNET project.
Great, another *project*.
> > Also, for a long time, Linux had a hard time with lots or routes.
>
> Define lots. You want full BGP table in a PC router ? Why :) ?
Isn't that the crux of the conversation here?
> *shit. You have no clues. Linux was better at networking than BSD
> even in 1.2.x days ...
Heh. Ok. (as in, *yeah right*).
> All the limitations of the Linux/PC router are due to the PC hardware
> architecture. As seen on the list, people put 8 cards in the same
> PC. This exceeds the bus speed of a PC. Even a single 100Mbps NIC
> kills the PCI bus in most PCs should it run full speed. Also, you have
> to be very carefull with the NIC you choose.
Thus, omre reason to not use a PC for routing..
This was hashed and rehashed not to long ago on some mailing list
(inet-access?)... Whay again?
> PCs simply were not built for forwarding packets and fast I/O.
Again, thanks for agreeing.
> Of course a Linux/PC will never beat a cisco :-) but the cost is
> sometimes an order of magnitude lower for roughly the same
> performance.
Not since the 2600 and 3600 have been released.
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