Look at the ubnt edgemax devices Jared Mauch
> On Dec 26, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > > I am a believer of not having to re-invent the wheel... > > Having said that.. have you looked at 'purpose built appliances' e.g. > > http://www.lannerinc.com/ > http://us.axiomtek.com/ > > If you are looking for a full router.... > Consider such as these... > http://www.linktechs.net/ > http://www.maxxwave.com/ > > and there are a few others but the concept is the same > > Personally, I am not a believer in making a single device be the do all / end > all of everything.. > While one can do everything on a big server .. however breaking things out > e.g. voip trans-coding and routing make maintenance, availability, and > ability to create redundancy much more practical. > > > Regards > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nick Cameo" <sym...@gmail.com> >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:33:13 AM >> Subject: The Making of a Router >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> We are looking to put together a 2u server with a few PCIe 3 x8 >> (recommendations appreciated). The router will take a voip transcoding >> line card, and will act as an edge router for a telecom company. >> >> For things like BGP (Quagga, Zebra, all that lovely stuff!!!), static >> routes, and firewall capabilities we are thinking gentoo linux >> stripped for sure however, what about the BSDs? FreeBSD or OpenBSD. >> Any comments, feedback, does, and don'ts are much appreciated. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Nick. >> >>