Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
kelsey hudson wrote:
most service providers worth half a damn use juniper equipment.
they're built on a stripped, secured bsd kernel with some special
asics and software. very capable and sturdy boxes. sadly, they're x86 :(
Really? So why is Cisco *still* the 800lb Gorilla? Who uses Juniper?
'cause ciscos are cheaper and when someone thinks router, they think
cisco. And, when I say Service Provider, I mean the next tier up from
Internet Service Provider -- the people who provide internet service to
your ISP. People like Level3, TWTC, comcast, SBC Global Networks, and a
bunch of other providers use them. On the service provider-level
switching front, check out Foundry switches. Those things rule.
Don't get me wrong, I actually like Juniper equipment. I just have only
ever seen one ISP use them.
they're great pieces of hardware. Check out olive.cluepon.net if you
want to play with JunOS and a garden variety freebsd box with a load of
Intel ethernet boards.
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