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FreeBSD is pretty stable. One such boxen I have has been up for 460 days doing only routing and some Apache stuff on a GigE link. For the most part I'd think its safe to say the comination your working with is accepable for non-critical use. Of course if your looking for a failsafe production item your better off spending the extra cash on a Cisco/Extreme/Juniper/etc item, but in light of funds... I'll also point out that CheckPoint used a FreeBSD kernel for some time. I believe they are now using a Linux variant, but don't quote me on that. The hardest part is finding drivers and support for the various NIC your going to use. just my 2� -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Daly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:58 AM Subject: Zebra Router??? > > Hi All, > I'm trying to find out what peoples experiences regarding the throughput > of Zebra on a FreeBSD Box. > > My configuration is as follows: > > Intel Pentium III 1.40G > 1 Gig RAM > 2x <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> (one internal, one external) on > board. > > This box is running as a simple static router, i.e. one subnet on the > inside, Internet feed on the other side. No BGP, no RIP, no OSPF. Pretty > simple, eh? > > So the goal is to know the bandwidth limitation of this router. Any ideas? > I've heard numbers of 35Meg, 40 Meg, etc, however, I have not recieved a > good reason backing it up. Can anyone offer some input on this? > > Regards, > Tom Daly > > -- > Tom Daly > [email protected] > Chief Infrastructure Officer > Dynamic DNS Network Services > http://www.dyndns.org/
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