Re: Linux Router KIT

["Adam D. McKenna" <adam () flounder net>]

So does linux.

Linux can be:

A packet forwarder (router)
A packet filter (firewall)
An IP masquerading packet filter (NAT firewall)
Can run RIP, BGP, EGP, OSPF (via gated)

Maybe I'm being naiive here, but what does Cisco offer beyond this (besides
the availability of higher performance)?

--Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Shields <shields () crosslink net>
To: dirk () power net <dirk () power net>
Cc: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>; list () inet-access net
<list () inet-access net>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Linux Router KIT


In article <19981028100541.00359 () orlando power net>,
dirk () power net wrote:
> Linux doesn't just kill Microsoft's NT and Solaris. It also eats
> Cisco for lunch.

This isn't true.  IOS does a lot more than just get packets from
interface A to interface B.  (In terms of managability as well as
functionality)
--
Shields, CrossLink.