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Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology]
From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:58:40 +1100
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 08:20:36PM -0500, Jeff McAdams wrote:
Joe Abley wrote:On 20-Jan-2008, at 15:34, William Herrin wrote:Perhaps your definition of "entry level DFZ router" differs from mine. I selected a Cisco 7600 w/ sup720-3bxl or rsp720-3xcl as my baseline for an entry level DFZ router.A new cisco 2851 can be found for under $10k and can take a gig of RAM. If your goal is to have fine-grained routing data, and not to carry gigs of traffic, that particular router is perfectly adequate.And to take that concept to its logical extreme. A Linux box (*BSD, pick your poison) running Quagga or similar will do the job at an extremely low price point.
So if we plug in, say, $2k for the cost of the Linux box, and compare it to the L3 switch mentioned earlier, each extra prefix saves the Internet around 50c? <grin> - Matt -- "Ah, the beauty of OSS. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide volunteering their time inventing and implementing new, exciting ways for software to suck." -- Toni Lassila, in the Monastery
Current thread:
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology], (continued)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Andy Davidson (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Mikael Abrahamsson (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Paul Vixie (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Andy Davidson (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jon Lewis (Jan 22)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] William Herrin (Jan 22)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] William Herrin (Jan 21)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jon Lewis (Jan 21)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Joe Abley (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jeff McAdams (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Matt Palmer (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Adrian Chadd (Jan 20)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Leigh Porter (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Joe Greco (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Crist Clark (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Joe Greco (Jan 18)