From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 13 20:51:21 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 6A2C61065892 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3DA68FC08 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:51:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: (qmail 6935 invoked by uid 0); 13 Apr 2009 20:24:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freemac.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com) (spork@bway.net@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 13 Apr 2009 20:24:40 -0000 Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:24:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@freemac.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com To: "Justin G." In-Reply-To: <5da021490904131135k7c78b2few5c48ee8b0a001e5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <5da021490904131135k7c78b2few5c48ee8b0a001e5@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BGP with OpenBGPd. 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: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:51:26 -0000 On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Justin G. wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We're an ISP and we're about to switch to routing with OpenBGP with > two different providers. We're just doing some preliminary research > and I wanted to ask a few questions for those of you here. > > How many are running OpenBGPd? > > Is OpenBGPd the "ideal" platform for BGP on FreeBSD? I've know of > Zebra and Quagga but was told that OpenBGPd is the way to go. Anyone > have any comments? I don't have much to add, but I am very happy this list is active again. I've been toying with the idea of replacing an aging Cisco with either a used Juniper box or a PC running *BSD. Everytime I look at Quagga or Zebra, I'm not impressed. They both sound quite buggy... How many folks here are doing routing on a PC platform? These days almost all the links we need to support are ethernet, with our DSL stuff being the one exception (ATM OC-3). Charles