From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jan 3 10:39: 4 2001 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 10:39:02 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF37837B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:39:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA24807; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:44:18 GMT (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.0.20010103133953.0218e270@mail.etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.etinc.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 13:43:49 -0500 To: Dan Shearer , Kal Torak From: Dennis Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3A52BCD8.76EC8AD1@quake.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:54 AM 01/03/2001, Dan Shearer wrote: >On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Kal Torak wrote: > > > If you are going to use FreeBSD for the routing why even > > have the cisco's? Why not just have the T1's coming into > > your FreeBSD box and then you can sell those cisco's or > > something :) > > > > A fast CPU and decent amount of ram would beat those low > > level cisco's easy! The only thing the cisco's seem to > > have over FreeBSD are some of the more esoteric features > > they can use... > >Do you have case studies that don't mind being cited to back this up? Do you guys have your head in the sand? This is not new. We've been selling t1 cards for years, mostly into the FreeBSD market. Stability has not been an issue for a long time. Of course, every time you add a product you may introduce something. Zebra has been evolving, but bgp is stable now and ospf is coming along. If you dont have a highly complex network with multiple border routers (thus requiring ospf internally to manage it), zebra is just fine. with 128meg and some tuning you can hold full tables without any problems. Dennis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message