sorry...:) i should use "reply all".
--- Aaron Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gahn wrote: > > juniper just uses hardened freebsd kernel for its > os > > to run all of other processes such as routing, > snmp, > > monitoring the chansises.. etc. those individula > > processes/daemons are totally writen by juniper > gurus > > and has nothing to do with freebsd development. > that > > is why the routing engine uses intel cpu, which > has > > volume sale and easy to be upgraded. > > > > what makes juniper routers prefered choice for > telecom > > is its stablity. cisco line cards can boast the > > similar performance like juniper asic based packet > > processing/forwarding engine. in fact, every > vendor > > uses asic for their product (performance). but > cisco > > old ios just can't provide the stablity that of > junos. > > ios-xr might be since it is totally rewriten. > > > > just use freebsd for routing platefom wont give > you > > anything near the stablity that juniper routers > > provide; unles you are genius and writing your own > > routing software on the top of freebsd kernel. > > > > > > --- Aaron Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Dear All, > >>> > >>> Can we use FreeBSD in Telecom industry? If I > want > >> to build an Internet > >>> Backbone which connect across country in asia. > Is > >> it suitable? How is > >>> its stability of routing compare to Cisco? > >>> > >>> Rgds > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>> > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >>> > >> juniper routers do exactly this (freebsd for > network > >> routing protocols, > >> asics for hardware forwarding). Not sure how they > >> compare to Ci$co (I'm > >> assuming cost is driving factor for evaluating > >> freebsd as a routing > >> platform). > >> > >> freebsd can do bgp/ospf/etc with software such > as: > >> quagga or zebra, or > >> the newer xorp. > >> > >> some people have used freebsd as a routing > platform > >> for large networks, > >> see occaid.org (their network was built with > >> freebsd/quagga and ip-ip > >> tunnels, although they did have some juniper m5s) > >> > >> what you will probably find is that routing in > >> software may not offer > >> the performance required for a backbone network. > >> This is of course > >> dependent on your needs, and some people (occaid) > >> have achieved > >> line-rate (small packets) ip forwarding with > intel > >> pro 1000 cards and > >> some patches to enable fastforwarding for ipv6 in > >> freebsd. > >> > >> hope this is of some help. I can't give any > numbers > >> with regard to > >> stability -- quagga/zebra did have some issues as > I > >> recall. > >> > >> for large amounts of traffic it may help to > enable > >> device driver polling > >> to reduce interrupt overhead. > >> > >> --Aaron > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > correct, I should have said that JunOS was based off > of FreeBSD (I may > have implied they used GENERIC FreeBSD). > > I attend UIUC.edu, and a student organization I'm > involved with has a > couple of FPGA development boards that might be > interesting to try and > do IP forwarding on. I guess as the cost of FPGAs > drop it might become > possible to compete with ASIC-based routers? I think > these FPGA boards > were ~$400. > > by the way, I screwed up replying to the original > thread so I replied > only to you (I fixed this). Your reply therefore > appears to be directed > to me only. Please send your reply to the mailing > list (also possible it > hasn't showed up yet). > > Thanks! > > --Aaron > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"