[leaf-user] BGP

[William Burns]

Is LEAF capable of BGP route propagation?

I hear that there are packages that support BGP called:
Zebra
http://www.zebra.org/
Quagga
http://www.quagga.net/
and
BIRD
http://bird.network.cz/
Is one of these supported by LEAF?
Are any of them recommended by anyone?
If I was comparing a LEAF, or other Linux based solution to either a 
$2500, or a $10,000 cisco router based solution, would the LEAF/Linux 
solution be comparable (in uptime+performance) to a cisco?

-Bill



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Re: [leaf-user] BGP

[William Burns]

I was thinking of building a BGP aware router (W/ only ethernet 
interfaces) and having it communicate w/ the 2 ISPs through the existing 
cisco routers.
I've been told that BGP routers can't do that and that I need a single 
BGP aware router w/ 2 v.35 interfaces on it.
Is that true?
If so, where do I get V.35 interfaces for use w/ LEAF?

I've got 2 T1s w/ two different ISPs (hence the desire to use BGP)
I already have two dinky cisco routers w/ v.35 interfaces.
Peter:

Thanks for the feedback and the additional info on recommended hardware 
for the PC-based sysem.
>From what you said, I should be looking for a motherboard w/ dual 
gigabit interfaces.
(either Intel e1000 or Broadcom bcm5700)

Sorry for the newbie angle here, but...

VRRP is... Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol?
Is this an alternative to BGP, or is it something that complements it?
-Bill



Peter Mueller wrote:

I am using the Bering bgpd.lrp package here. It's been working fine for 1+

years.  Quagga is the less bug-ridden software but for BGP it doesn't really
matter.  I don't know what BIRD is.
 

If I was comparing a LEAF, or other Linux based solution to either a 
$2500, or a $10,000 cisco router based solution, would the LEAF/Linux 
solution be comparable (in uptime+performance) to a cisco?
   

Yes.  I use CF-IDE flash & dual power.  Price/performance is much better.  A
p4 server with intel gigabit NICs and NAPI enabled will kick serious ass.
P
 





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