vyatta overview: http://www.vyatta.com/products/index.php
PFSense overview: http://www.pfsense.org On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:52 AM, Glenn Kelley wrote: > I love Vyatta. I love PFSense... I love a bunch of other > applications that can do this as well... BUT it might be worth asking > what the job that you want the router to perform. > > While some may bash vYatta - > > Keep in mind - when the reload happened - they specifically did that > for their own Support Contracts ... folks that paid them - but yes - a > major release required a reload. > I can tell horror stories about having to do this w/ Cisco Vax > 7200's 2650's and such as well. IOS updates do not always go as > well as they advertise... > > Why I do like vYatta is the simple fact they provide both the CLI and > GUI - (command line interface and graphical user interface)... > > Here are a few reasons why folks in this board should consider vYatta > community edition: (free) > > 1. Load Balancing > 2. BGP (Full ) > 3. vLAN - do vlans out to the radios > 4. PPPOE - if you wanted to use it > 5. Parental Controls > 6. Speed Control / Traffic Shaping - You can do this right on your > router. > 7. SQUID - cache things vs hitting the web all the time for the same > content (like windows updates, youtubes, etc ) > > > I resell vYatta paid version for those interested - but for most the > community center is just fine. The paid edition will give you all of > the aforementioned with the ability to obtain paid support - and this > is based upon the following: > > 1. what type of contract you have purchased > 2. severity of the request - (ie everything down vs just a feature > request) > > > > > that being said - WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO ? > > If you have a simple setup - and just need full BGP - you might also > want to check out another Open Source Project called PFSense. > > PFSense is full FreeBSD - runs on most any x86 hardware. > I can help any of you with this as well. The PFSense book is a great > place to start - and is written for someone who has never done > routing... > > one last thing about pfsense... Its a full bsd license - you can even > rebrand it. > > I have a bunch of PF systems out in the field as CPE for firewalling > and such - all running under our logo and skin when a client logs in. > a simple 1U rack mount makes that an awesome option - so does a > simple flash drive on a card in a box ... > > Ask questions if I can help either on or off list > > :-) > > Glenn > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
