Re: [Vyatta-users] Installation Question

[Aubrey Wells]

You're going to have an interesting time running BGP on a wrap board.  
IIRC, the last time I used a WRAP platform they maxed out at 266Mhz  
CPU and 128MB of RAM. A full BGP feed won't fit into 128M of ram, and  
a 266Mhz proc is going to have a hard time keeping up with the BGP  
Scanner process every time there's a table update.


If it were me, I wouldn't try to run BGP on that device. All that  
being said, Vyatta will *probably* run on the WRAP platform, but I  
haven't tried it. I have successfully run other Linux variants on  
WRAP boards, so the support is there if its enabled in the Vyatta  
kernel. You'll have to install it by hand though, as I don't think  
you can boot a wrap board over a usb cdrom drive.


I'm sure someone from Vyatta will chime in here soon with a more  
definitive answer.


Good luck!

--
Aubrey Wells
Senior Engineer
Shelton | Johns Technology Group
A Vyatta Ready Partner
www.sheltonjohns.com




On Sep 20, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Ryan MacDonald wrote:


Hello,



I’m a complete newbie to Vyatta so I have a few questions. I’m  
currently running a similar firewall based on OpenBSD. My reason  
for switching is that our current system doesn’t support BGP. Aside  
from that, I was wondering if there are any instructions or if it  
is even possible to install Vyatta on a WRAP platform. We would  
like to make the change without new hardware if possible. I  
appreciate any advice.




Thanks in advance,



Ryan MacDonald

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Ambient Technical Group, LLC

8101 Oak Dr

Palmetto, FL 34221

Phone: (941)-782-6217

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Re: [Vyatta-users] Installation Question

[Robert Bays]

AFAIK, no one at Vyatta has tried a WRAP, but we have tried other Geode
based boards.  You should be a able to make it work, but the limited
memory is definitely a factor for BGP.  The kernel is currently
configured for 486/SMP not Geode.  However, the Geode random, frame
buffer, and crypto drivers are compiled as kernel modules in the current
image.

Good Luck.

Cheers,
Robert.

Aubrey Wells wrote:
> You're going to have an interesting time running BGP on a wrap board.
> IIRC, the last time I used a WRAP platform they maxed out at 266Mhz CPU
> and 128MB of RAM. A full BGP feed won't fit into 128M of ram, and a
> 266Mhz proc is going to have a hard time keeping up with the BGP Scanner
> process every time there's a table update.
> 
> If it were me, I wouldn't try to run BGP on that device. All that being
> said, Vyatta will *probably* run on the WRAP platform, but I haven't
> tried it. I have successfully run other Linux variants on WRAP boards,
> so the support is there if its enabled in the Vyatta kernel. You'll have
> to install it by hand though, as I don't think you can boot a wrap board
> over a usb cdrom drive.
> 
> I'm sure someone from Vyatta will chime in here soon with a more
> definitive answer.
> 
> Good luck!
> *
> *
> *--*
> *Aubrey Wells*
> /Senior Engineer/
> Shelton | Johns Technology Group
> A Vyatta Ready Partner
> www.sheltonjohns.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 20, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Ryan MacDonald wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>>  
>>
>> I’m a complete newbie to Vyatta so I have a few questions. I’m
>> currently running a similar firewall based on OpenBSD. My reason for
>> switching is that our current system doesn’t support BGP. Aside from
>> that, I was wondering if there are any instructions or if it is even
>> possible to install Vyatta on a WRAP platform. We would like to make
>> the change without new hardware if possible. I appreciate any advice.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Ryan MacDonald
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Ambient Technical Group, LLC
>>
>> 8101 Oak Dr
>>
>> Palmetto, FL 34221
>>
>> Phone: (941)-782-6217
>>
>> Fax: (941)-782-6218
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
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Re: [Vyatta-users] Installation Question

[Dave Roberts]

> Good Luck.

Ryan, and if you get it working, be sure to write up a report of your
experience and post it to the mailing list. It would be great if others
could learn from your experience.

-- Dave

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