Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:26:10 -0800 From: Roman Volf <volfman@keystreams.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BGP4 using FreeBSD Message-ID: <4012E2F2.2000108@keystreams.com> In-Reply-To: <4012E087.4080504@mr0vka.eu.org> References: <4012E087.4080504@mr0vka.eu.org>
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When building your router be sure not to use hard drives, but get an IDE-to-CF adapter and use CompactFlash cards. Less moving parts = better when you're talking about a router. Roman Łukasz Bromirski wrote: > Juan Jose Sanchez Mesa wrote: > > > We are looking to implement it via software using FreeBSD to > > replace the expensive Cisco router needed to do BGP. > > > Searching Google we found software from FutureSoft and from Merit > > Research (BSD license) that do BGP routing, but we want to know if > > this really can compete with a complete Cisco (or other manufacturer) > > hardware solution. > > Why you don't just lookup ports directory and install quagga? It's > working solution to do also BGPv4, and it works in the real. Every > decent PC (PIII-800) will do full BGPv4 routing with 128MB of RAM if it > doesn't do anything else. Hardware is relatively cheap, so You > can go for PIV or Athlon XP with 512MB RAM, and that machine will > work flawlessly with multiple full BGP feeds. > > I have few PIII-800 with 512MB RAM and 3COM/Intel NICs, that are > "benchmarking platform" for various Cisco, 3COM and Allied Telesyn > routers. They're doing it almost idle, handling 160k prefixes. > Moreover, they often better handle things, that would kill router. >
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