On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 01:22:53AM +0700, Tracy R Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > David Thomas wrote: > > I hate clueless Linux-types! I've been told by some of those guys that > > you're better off running cisco routers than Linux routers in anything > > more than a home router. > I suspect the vast majority of routers out there aren't routing more > than a few megabits of actual traffic. Sure you have a router on the end > of every OC-12 etc. but those are the exception. And even in that case, > the only thing a Linux box really lacks to match the performance is the > hardware fast-path which requires special hardware/ASICS. But if you > aren't pushing more packets per second the cpu can handle or more > bandwidth than the bus can handle (on the order of 80,000pps and 80Mb/s > I would say) you don't really need a Cisco.
I'm hearing from my friends that Linksys and (I believe) Netgear have moved their commodity soho routers to Linux. This is exactly why -- solid performance on a $10 arm chip running Linux. This makes me wonder where the market is for midrange devices. Everyone has Cisco or better in the "core" and Linksys for small offices. What is there in between? You would think Linux would have a good platform there. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
