On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:58:01 +0000
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Open-source networking doesn't require a guru
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> | Open source router company Vyatta debuted earlier this year with a
> | Red Hat-style alternative to Cisco and Juniper offerings: the Open
> | Flexible Router, an open source-based WAN router and firewall stack,
> | freely downloadable, with service and support offerings available
> for | purchase. Since then the company has generated buzz in the
> network | industry, while releasing products such as a pre-installed
> | appliance-like version on Dell servers.
> `----
>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;141322315;fp;4194304;fpid;1
that is a way old idea.
freesco is one example. it runs from a floppy.
but the problem is the hardware rather than the software, the i386
hardware cannot compete with the offerings of the cisco network
processing interface cards, many routing calculations are done before
the packet gets to the cpu, and in some cases i think the packets dont
get anywhere near the cpu.
nice project, but been done, and hardware limitations means it cannot be
as good as a cisco/junpier box. for most companies without 10gbit-e
lines this is not a problem and opteron boxes with GOOD hardware
ethernet cards can probably suffice.
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