Re: [LUG] Linux router or Cisco?

[Ronny]

True can put a PC for some operation thats why am looking at a manufacure like Imagestream as like  Skystream in  DVB devices.I see that Imagestream is a threat to Cisco having add ons the network giant might not integratein the next decade :-) R *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. --Isaac Newton -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Mark Tinka wrote: 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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