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Re: Zebra/linux device production networking?
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:44:14 +0200
On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:42:36PM -0700, Nick Burke <mrmud () mrmud org> wrote a message of 39 lines which said:
How many of you have actually use(d) Zebra/Linux as a routing device
IMHO, the question is not perfectly phrased. You actually have several issues: * use a regular PC instead of big and expensive iron, * use Linux instead of FreeBSD or IOS or JunOS, * use Zebra instead of Quagga or Xorp. These questions are partly independent and should be addressed as such. For instance, Quagga + a free Unix can run on dedicated boxes like the Soekris, who have different characteristics than a regular PC (no moving parts, for instance). One last advice: be very careful when you read claims like "it may seem appealing to suits with no networking knowledge": many people never tried what they criticize, they just do not want their CEO to discover that the expensive network could have been done for much less. [I installed, in a former job, Debian + Linux + Zebra on PCs and they route fine.]
Current thread:
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking?, (continued)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Michael . Dillon (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? william(at)elan.net (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Peter Dambier (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Suresh Ramasubramanian (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary) Nick Burke (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary) Jon Lewis (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary) Stephen Stuart (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary) Jake Khuon (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Joseph S D Yao (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary) Nick Burke (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Stephane Bortzmeyer (Jun 12)
- RE: Zebra/linux device production networking? Mark D. Kaye (Jun 06)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? David Coulson (Jun 06)
- RE: Zebra/linux device production networking? Michael . Dillon (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Miquel van Smoorenburg (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Justin W. Pauler (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? alex (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Justin W. Pauler (Jun 07)
- Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? Michael . Dillon (Jun 07)