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.
>> 
>> 

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