As far as I am aware, XORP does nothing but routing. Vyatta adds in the firewall, nat, vpn, and other features. They've also made changes to XORP itself. One of the Vyatta guys will probably chime in with more detail than I can provide here soon.
------------------ Aubrey Wells Senior Engineer Shelton | Johns Technology Group A Vyatta Ready Partner www.sheltonjohns.com On Nov 26, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Max wrote: > I am curious as to what makes Vyatta different from XORP other than > the commercial support? Are there features in Vyatta that XORP does > not have? > > On Nov 22, 2007 10:39 AM, silvertip257 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All righty ;) ... if you say so ... at this point I'm trying to >> learn all I >> can before I get a full time job as a net admin or something like >> that (I'm >> still in college at this point). The pinch time brings in weird >> proprietary >> crap called mainly Micr0$0ft, but I've been seeing lately Ci$c0 >> hasn't been >> much better ;). Maybe it's the outrageous prices for IOS compact >> flash >> cards we use in the networking labs. Hell the profs got smart and >> copied >> the IOS to a hard drive and then re-imaged them on $8 128MB compact >> flash >> cards. But just having such a price difference is a lotta crap. >> >> I'm seeing that when companies work with me and let me work with >> them, I >> understand their products more and actually want to roll their >> products out >> in a workplace. >> >> Good luck to you ... the above was nothing personal ... until I learn >> everything about Vyatta and customization, I will most likely not >> use it or >> suggest it in the workplace. No job is worth being fired b/c I >> suggested >> something I don't know (almost) everything about. That's an extreme >> example, but I hate screwing up or getting loads of criticism >> (unless it's >> truly constructive). >> >> Tell me how it goes. Vyatta is not out of the picture ... they're >> fixing >> features everyday. >> They also don't have all the hardware, nor have they had all of it >> tested >> with their OS. >> >> Have a good holiday, >> Mike >> >> >> >> On Nov 21, 2007 1:52 AM, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> I've been a Linux guy for years but have never messed around with >>> any of >> the boot CD stuff. This is going to be a learning thing for me for >> sure, so >> wish me luck ;) >>> If I am unsucessful on my own (+misc support), I am afraid I am >>> just going >> to lean twards buying a few cisco 7900's. It is the proven >> reliability and >> support that Cisco brings to the table. >>> >>> *note* I am a CCNP so I am a little biast, also down 8 pints of >>> Guinness >> ;p >>> >>> ________________________________ >> From: silvertip257 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:38 PM >>> To: Max < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: [Vyatta-users] Compaq DL360 G1 - cpqarray >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm reading it, but as I have not customized Vyatta myself yet, I >>> really >> can't help you much. >>> If you feel like it and learn something neat on how to build one a >>> certain >> way, please do share the information! >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> On Nov 20, 2007 6:12 PM, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have been unable to blacklist the sym53c8xx module from the boot >>>> loader so I am going to try to create another live CD with out the >>>> sym53c8xx in the initramfs. Unless anyone has any comments? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2007 9:32 PM, Max <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Hey'a fellas! I have a bit of a head scratcher here.. it seems the >>>>> Vyatta 3.0 live CD does not work out of the box on G1 Compaq >>>>> DL360's. >>>>> From what I can tell the sym53c8xx module is loaded before the >>>>> needed >>>>> cpqarray module and thats what is causing the failure. I have >>>>> tried >>>>> unloading the modules and reloading cpqarray but don't seem to >>>>> have >>>>> any luck. My guess is the SCSI controller needs to be reset or >>>>> what >>>>> have you. >>>>> Is there a way to prevent the sym53c8xx module from loading from >>>>> the >>>>> boot loader? Or should I look into recreating the live CD from >>>>> scratch >>>>> with my own kernel? Thanks in advance! >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Vyatta-users mailing list >>>> Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com >>>> http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // SilverTip257 // >>> ========================== >>> Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) >>> --- Linux for human beings. >>> (http://www.ubuntu.com/) >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Helix --- Don't leave /home without it. >>> (http://www.efense.com/helix/) >> >> >> >> -- >> // SilverTip257 // >> ========================== >> Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) >> --- Linux for human beings. >> (http://www.ubuntu.com/) >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Helix --- Don't leave /home without it. >> (http://www.efense.com/helix/) > _______________________________________________ > Vyatta-users mailing list > Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com > http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users _______________________________________________ Vyatta-users mailing list Vyatta-users@mailman.vyatta.com http://mailman.vyatta.com/mailman/listinfo/vyatta-users
