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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
/me grabs PCMCIA NIC from dresser, inserts it, ifconfig eth1 x.x.x.x, then removes it. *Smirk* Of course, I am not suggesting you should run a router on a PCMCIA or even a laptop, or even an i386 machine... With the right backplane, and possibly ASIC's in the high end models, you *can* do routing in linux. Not that I am suggesting you should, or the right backplane and interface is available currently, but never say never. Hell, even tivo runs linux.... Perhaps this should have a different thread, or just die off. No, you shouldn't use i386 boxen for any integral part of the internet fabric, but who is to say that a variant of linux running zebra won't someday be the device of choice on some future (maybe already in development behind the closed doors of some startup with a clue) hardware? -Paul Roeland Meyer wrote: > > From: Christopher A. Woodfield [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 2:15 PM > > > Oh, and when you can > > > > (a) have Linux shut down a failing interface card on the fly and keep > > humming along, > > > > and > > > > (b) be able to replace said card without shutting down, > > > > lemme know. > > IMHO, you are being short-sighted. Linux doesn't just run on PC boxen. That > was my point earlier about the S/390. You assume too much. BTW, let's see > you do the same thing with Sun gear, even Netras. How about hot-swapping a > blade in a Cisco Catalyst 6509(not sure, here. I usually shut 'em down to do > that.)? BTW, if you can find the hot-swap gear you want to run then I can > probably get Linux to run on it (it just takes a while). Linux runs > everywhere from Pal Pilots to S/390s (has any one seen it on a Sun e10K > yet?) > > In this day and age, such absolute statements are a little hazardous. Their > shelf-life, even if true, is measured in micro-secs. > > -- > The only absolute is that there are no absolutes.
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