Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:47:39 +0100 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: martes@mgwigglesworth.net Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-isp] Temporary Routing/Switching backup with Backplane and multiple switch cards... Message-ID: <49F7797B.1060306@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <200904281702.19301.martes@mgwigglesworth.net> References: <200904281702.19301.martes@mgwigglesworth.net>
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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.
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