Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:36:47 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.ca> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building 8-port Router Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000329153647.01aa1690@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200003292022.PAA27108@etinc.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20000329142458.0205c5a0@marble.sentex.ca> <200003291906.OAA26812@etinc.com> <38b4b9a7.22295369@mail.sentex.net> <MAIL20000224085638.A706@tirad.internal.iphil.net> <MAIL20000224085638.A706@tirad.internal.iphil.net>
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At 03:18 PM 3/29/00 -0500, Dennis wrote: >Nothing fits everybodies needs....but its more than politics: > >1) you cant get things fixed easily, so if you do get bitten by something >you cant get quality help Its better if things do not need fixing in the first place. >2) you dont know what will be tomorrow, so you may end up stuck in the >water eventually. Zebra is not immune to this either. >3) IF they give you a license to use 4.0,they can take it away at any time. >4) You cant resell it or distribute it without a very expensive license. I was talking about the public branch from an end user perspective... 3.5.11. >Another point is that > >1) Zebra is the future _future_ is still the key word. Maybe thats just a matter of a couple of weeks... Hard to say. But it really does seem very promising. >2) Zebra works well and problems are fixed quickly >3) The learning curve on Gated is substantial so if zebra works for you its >a big win down the road. If you understand routing from first principles, than I beg to differ. Whether through IOS, gateD, mrtd or Zebra if you understand what you want to do, its not that difficult moving from environment to environment. Although if you know IOS, its certainly gives you a head start into Zebra. ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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