Re: Linux Router KIT

[John Fraizer <John.Fraizer () EnterZone Net>]

Actually, dollar for dollar, the linux box will outperform the cisco.  What
the cisco gives you is much simpler access to the knobs that make the bells
ring and whistles blow.



At 04:26 PM 10/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
> 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.
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