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Re: Software router state of the art

  • From: Andrew D Kirch
  • Date: Mon Jul 28 14:30:42 2008
Justin Sharp wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
but knowing how bad Linux is at being a router and that their products are Linux-based, I'm afraid to give one a try. J products are based on a competing non-Linux platform that has a better reputation for routing.

Enough with the bipartisan politics. There are more choices than just Linux and FreeBSD for software routing.

Click for instance <http://read.cs.ucla.edu/click/>

--Michael Dillon

Anyone have experience with RouterOS (http://www.mikrotik.com/)? Created mostly to run on these guys I think (http://www.routerboard.com/comparison.html) which generally don't get above 200k pps on the higher models.. But will RouterOS run on bigger boxen?

Yes I do, and I'm still in therapy. I was pushing 30mbit, and I can't remember how many PPS through one, and it crashed about once a month requiring onsite intervention (usually at midnight). This was running on a Compaq Deskpro I think. It doesn't have much support for good network cards. I suspect the Realtek's were behind the crashes.

Andrew