On Thu, 23 May 2002, Daryl G. Jurbala wrote:
> And that's MY real question. Who has actually done this in a production > environment that can speak with some real experience on the topic? What > can you replace with a linux box to route and run BGP for you in real > life? A 7200? Bigger. I ran a 100% PC router network for almost 2 years. I used them from everything from edge aggregation to core routers. You can make BGP do whatever you want in real life on a PC. I used modified GateD code and after some work became very happy with it. > I don't have the facilities to try these things out for real, and > frankly would be worried about the uptime and finding the RIGHT PC > hardware that isn't complete junk. Yes, you need to build your own. > So I guess it's really two questions: what is a PC capable of replacing > as far as throughput goes, and just how reliable can a clone (or pick > your manufacturer) be compared to a unit that was designed by electronic > engineers to function as a 24x7 mission critical box? When you want to push over 30 meg you are better off looking at something other then a x86 to route packets. ><> Nathan Stratton CTO, Exario Networks, Inc. nathan at robotics.net nathan at exario.net http://www.robotics.net http://www.exario.net