From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 22:14:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8AB7106567B for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from howie@thingy.com) Received: from mail.thingy.com (wotsit.thingy.com [212.21.100.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE718FC18 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from howie@thingy.com) Received: (qmail 16208 invoked by uid 0); 28 Apr 2009 22:47:42 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO Satans-Little-Helper-mkII.local) (howie@thingy.com@212.21.124.49) by wotsit3.thingy.com with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 28 Apr 2009 22:47:42 +0100 Message-ID: <49F7797B.1060306@thingy.com> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:47:39 +0100 From: Howard Jones User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: martes@mgwigglesworth.net References: <200904281702.19301.martes@mgwigglesworth.net> In-Reply-To: <200904281702.19301.martes@mgwigglesworth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-isp] Temporary Routing/Switching backup with Backplane and multiple switch cards... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:14:26 -0000 Martes G Wigglesworth wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else has attempted to compliment their routing > devices or switching devices with a back-plane and multiple switch cards or > E1/T1 cards with any success? Meaning that it was worth the trouble to build. > > This seems a bit useless initially, however, I am doing some research into > this for quick-fix disaster recovery systems in case the 3800s are down, > etc... A bit home-grown, but would like to know if the design idea would be > viable and not just a costly home-grown project... Maybe for a small point of > present in a wireless environment which has multiple E1/T1 drops to terminate > for back-haul transfer central management stations, etc... > _______________________________________________ > You mean like these? http://www.vyatta.com/ http://www.xorp.org/ http://www.freesco.org/ All are "software routers" various levels of hardware support for (e.g.) Sangoma E1/T1 cards. Plenty of people use Quagga+Linux or Quagga+FreeBSD (Quagga is the BGP/OSPF component most of these uses) for peering/transit. PC hardware will route over 100Mbit quite happily.