On Wednesday 14 June 2006 08:40, Ronny wrote: > What would you recommend.Have seen embeded linux devices do > wonders like in the DVB family.Please suggest for the good of > our country.I mean me and you ;-) .Seen some cool appliances > but need free advice or someone 's experience in the > same.Exclude the obivious price factor.
There was a whole thread discussed on this very issue on the NANOG a few days ago. You can scan the archives for: Zebra/linux device production networking? But to sum it up, PC-based routers are more expensive to maintain in the long-run (in terms of time), and have limited support for basic Layer 2/3 functionalities, e.g., 802.1q, BGP, OSPF, e.t.c. Normally, smaller operations can justify PC-based routers, but larger ones may have a problem as the complexity required to manage them doesn't off-set the perceived cost reductions. Mark.
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