Re: The Making of a Router

[Eric Clark <cabenth () gmail com>]

I also wonder about re-inventing the wheel. The router part is easy, you could even do that with a windows box (that's 
a joke).

Obviously capital cost is part of it, but the man hours involved in doing what you're talking about, especially since 
you are talking about a telco.... whatever you come up with has to be pretty darn reliable...

Certainly would be interested in a little more information about the use case.


Eric

On Dec 26, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal () snappytelecom net> wrote:

> I am a believer of not having to re-invent the wheel...
>
> Having said that.. have you looked at 'purpose built appliances'  e.g. 
>
> http://www.lannerinc.com/
> http://us.axiomtek.com/
>
> If you are looking for a full router....
> Consider such as these...
>   http://www.linktechs.net/
>   http://www.maxxwave.com/
>
> and there are a few others but the concept is the same
>
> Personally, I am not a believer in making a single device be the do all / end all of everything..
> While one can do everything on a big server .. however breaking things out e.g. voip trans-coding and routing make 
> maintenance, availability, and ability to create redundancy much more practical.
>
>
> Regards 
>
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nick Cameo" <symack () gmail com>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:33:13 AM
> > Subject: The Making of a Router
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > We are looking to put together a 2u server with a few PCIe 3 x8
> > (recommendations appreciated). The router will take a voip transcoding
> > line card, and will act as an edge router for a telecom company.
> >
> > For things like BGP (Quagga, Zebra, all that lovely stuff!!!), static
> > routes, and firewall capabilities we are thinking gentoo linux
> > stripped for sure however, what about the BSDs? FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
> > Any comments, feedback, does, and don'ts are much appreciated.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > Nick.