Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:30:01 -0400 From: "Jerry B. Altzman" <jbaltz@gmail.com> To: "Erik Trulsson" <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: Bob McConnell <rvm@cbord.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD based router ... Message-ID: <2b677bda0805280830o2ecd2e6ga76d707a0a1c2305@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080528144819.GA30956@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <18493.25160.836101.941905@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A002C70391@Email.cbord.com> <20080528140856.GA30599@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <2b677bda0805280731x45fc2dd4ra62a2657e11641c1@mail.gmail.com> <20080528144819.GA30956@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:31:24AM -0400, Jerry B. Altzman wrote: >> And all this just to *pass packets*; if you're making real *routing* >> decisions based upon that (i.e. you're making a router rather than a >> switch), which requires that packets take a trip to the CPU, you'll >> find yourself coming to the realization that Cisco and Juniper might >> actually be on to something, there, and that ASICs might actually be >> worth what you paid for them. > Yep, and if you do buy a whole bunch of quad-port NICs for your PC, then > the whole system will probably end up costing quite a bit. It might even > turn out to be cheaper to get a "real" router instead. I don't know about that: Intel quad gigE cards are $250/pop on eBay; Sun qfe cards are a tenth of that price. Have you priced Vendor C or Vendor J routers recently? If you're building a *switch*, you are still price competitive with the bigger vendors. Oh yeah, this is all ONLY for passing ethernet; if you've got other layer-1 technologies to integrate, you're in for a surprise, too. > Erik Trulsson //jbaltz -- jerry b. altzman jbaltz@gmail.com www.jbaltz.com foo mane padme hum
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