Re: Core router bakeoff?

["Neil J. McRae" <neil () domino org>]

On Thu, 07 May 1998 17:36:45 -0400 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry () piermont com> wrote:

Bays software sucks, the ammount of hassle I've had with frame relay and
ATM with Bay is a nightmare.

The Ascend GRF-400 is an excellent choice.

> Jon Green writes:
> > Wait.. a Bay BCN will push 1 Gb/s through the box,
>
> Bay's have beautiful hardware architectures. The hardware is not the
> problem.
>
> > but you are recommending a PC running GateD over a Bay router?
>
> At the low end, sure. They're cheap as all hell, easy to remote
> manage, easy to expand, and very efficient. With the right software,
> they are pretty damn nice. Lots of NSPs use the things these days --
> Daemon in the U.K. used to do nothing but BSD boxes last time I
> checked.
>
> Perry





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