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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