Re: Core router bakeoff?

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>]

On Thu, 7 May 1998, Jon Green wrote:

> Wait.. a Bay BCN will push 1 Gb/s through the box, but you are recommending
> a PC running GateD over a Bay router?  If you are going to tell people
> "don't use this" a least give some reasons why to justify it.

Well I also like PC Routers over BCN. You are right a BCN can push much
more data then a PC Router, but of you look at value and ease of use the
PC Routers wins. When you need more bandwidth then a PC can handle then
you can move to a GRF and just copy over your configs. :-)

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Nathan Stratton                         Telecom & ISP Consulting
www.robotics.net                        nathan () robotics net

> -Jon
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