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Re: The Making of a Router
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:14:15 -0500
Pretty much what everyone else said. I'm a huge linux person, almost everything I use is linux, run full Myth set up etc, but I wouldn't use it for a high PPS situation like this. It's just asking for suffering later, at the worst possible times.
to paraphrase MO from many years ago (as i do not have a direct quote), do not use home appliances as production routers. there are niches where routeflow/vandervecken are usable. there are niches where quagga/bird/openbgp are useful. but not core/backbone of any non-trivial network. they might be usable for _slightly_ more than trivial if your business model values your time at zero. randy
Current thread:
- Re: The Making of a Router, (continued)
- Re: The Making of a Router Baldur Norddahl (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Randy Bush (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Warren Bailey (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Shawn Wilson (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Warren Bailey (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Chris Adams (Dec 28)
- Re: The Making of a Router Shawn Wilson (Dec 28)
- Re: The Making of a Router Blake Dunlap (Dec 28)
- Re: The Making of a Router Randy Bush (Dec 28)
- Re: The Making of a Router Matt Palmer (Dec 28)
- Re: The Making of a Router Joe Hamelin (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Jon Lewis (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Baldur Norddahl (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Matt Palmer (Dec 27)
- Re: The Making of a Router Baldur Norddahl (Dec 28)