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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Linux Router KIT
> > Will you please point out other router than cisco which has EIGRP ? > My point exactly. Ah, so you are using _only_ cisco in your network ? Tough! > > 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? I'm sure that the moment someone will have a reasonably priced card for a PC and make specs available, linux will support it (probably BSD as well). > > IPX and appletalk have been there for a _long_ time. There is also a > > Linux DECNET project. > Great, another *project*. ... for a protocol that everyone *uses* :-) > > > 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? No ?! Point being that a PC router (eventually running linux) can be more than successfully used as a low-to-middle end router, at very good value for money. Anything more than this looks a bit absurd to me ... If I have the money to pay for multiple transit providers, I most certainly have the money for a 4500 or more (as in real router) ... And BTW, I didn't imply that a linux box has troubles with many routes, but I never tested it myself. But once I read the source code for route.c and I don't think the number of installed routes is an issue. > > ... > Thus, omre reason to not use a PC for routing.. > > PCs simply were not built for forwarding packets and fast I/O. > Again, thanks for agreeing. But I don't :-) I just think they should not be used for high-performance stuff, but perform just fine as long as you know what to expect. > > 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. Fine, replace "an order of magnitude" with "a lot cheaper" and you're still close enough :-) However, we're beating a dead horse. I think we both realize what can and can't be done with a PC router. It's just that you were overly criticizing Linux as a router without being at least informed and I felt an urge to react because I'm a happy linux user :-)) Cheers, -- Matei CONOVICI, [email protected]
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