Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:24:38 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net> To: Richard Hodges <rh@alpine.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multi-homed - Load Balancing - No Single Point of Failure Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.970816211910.21948L-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970816125827.4748B-100000@oak.alpine.net>
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On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Richard Hodges wrote: > Are you using the public version of gated (3.5.5?) or one of the > restricted ($$$) versions? 3.6a2 > Would it be a mistake to use gated 3.5.5 to BGP-peer with Cisco IOS? No. However, we did have a problem with gated crashing when passed some non-standard BGP4 options by Cisco routers. I don't recall the details, but it was fixed in a newish version. The fix is definitely in 3.6a2. > It looks like $12000 to get into the latest versions of gated. Would > it make sense for a number of interested parties to fund the membership > so that all can receive the binaries? For instance, if freebsd.org > were a "Small Service Member", that would give all organization members > access to the source code, right? And they could freely include the > binaries in the distributions... Or am I missing something? Just a > thought :-) Merit is trying to work out a formula for licensing gated cheaply to ISPs. If they get more requests, they will work harder. As I recall the contact is Susan Hares <skh@merit.edu> Email her about it. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015
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