Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 21:32:40 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>, Mike <mike@mikesweb.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 cisco's and a fbsd box running bgp Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010102212748.02187a20@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20010102170936.A81119@elvis.mu.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010102175100.0252b440@mail.futuredesigns.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010102175100.0252b440@mail.futuredesigns.net>
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At 06:09 PM 01/02/2001, Bill Fumerola wrote: >On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:58:24PM -0500, Mike wrote: > > I have kind of an odd question. I have a Cisco 2610 connected to 2 T1's to > > Savvis. I have a pending UUnet T1. Simplest option would be get a 3640 > with > > 3 T1 internal dsu's. BUT, that is $13k and change. I also have a 2501 > > sitting here not being used, and a BSD box with 3 nics being used as > firewall. > > > > My idea: > > 2 Savvis T1's on the 2610 > > 1 UUnet T1 on the 2501. > > Run those into 2 of the nics on the firewall box, then the other nic to my > > switch. I would like to make the bsd box be a bgp router (possibly with > > zebra) but I'm not quite sure if that would work or what? Configure it to > > broadcast our routing table, and pull routing tables from uunet and > savvis. > > The cisco's don't have enough memory to do so, and I'm doubting they have > > the processing power with the traffic we get. > > > > Any suggestions/ideas would greatly be appreciated. > >Drop the money, get the 3640, and if you play your cards right[1] >I think you can fit all the above into a 3620. Get a quad V.35 card and dump the cisco. A pentium 600 will run rings around the cisco. Zebra is just fine for your kind of setup. The lower end ciscos are pigs for the money. for example we have customers running 500 DSL over frame channels on 500mhz boxes at low utilization, where a 3620 chokes at about 150. the quad card is $1295. so you're looking at about 3K for a more powerful solution. I wouldnt suggest it to someone who doesnt know FreeBSD, but zebra is no more difficult than cisco bgp to configure (its VERY similar), so its really a no-brainer. Dennis Emerging Technologies, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.etinc.com ISA and PCI T1/T3/V35/HSSI Cards for FreeBSD and LINUX Multiport T1 and HSSI/T3 UNIX-based Routers Bandwidth Management Standalone Systems Bandwidth Management software for LINUX and FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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