Re: Gigabit Linux Routers

[Ingo Flaschberger <if () xip at>]

Dear Eugeniu,

> > OS:
> > Freebsd:
> > pros: very stable, quagge runs very well, fastforwarding support,
> >     simple traffic shaping, interrupt less polling supported
> > cons: only 1 route for each network, vrrp failover is not easy to
> >     implement with quagga and ospf, no multipath routing
> > Linux:
> > pros: more than 1 route for each network possible,
> >     interrupt less polling should be supported?
> >     fastforwarding ?
> > cons: no multipath routing
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 	Are you sure ? Because there is an option in the kernel, under 
> advanced routing setup to enable multipath routing.
> 	And also, with iproute2, you can add multiple gateways with 
> different/equal weights for a specific prefix

Multipath, yes, but flow-based, not per packet.
There exists a patch for 2.4 kernel, but not for 2.6
Or tinker with iptables.

Kind regards,
        Ingo Flaschberger