Another Linux router maker guns for Cisco
,----[ Quote ]
| Unlike Vyatta, ImageStream packages its Linux-based router operating system
| on hardware. The smallest box, the Envoy, starts at about $500 and features
| two on-board 10/100 Ethernet ports, two Mini PCI slots, one USB bus with two
| internal ports, flash storage. The folks there have no trouble gunning
| directly for Cisco.
`----
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21094
Open Source as standard option in home routers
,----[ Quote ]
| You’ll get the usual 2-year guarantee here in Germany, which you would lose
| with installing free software on most vendors’ products yourself.
`----
http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=493
A Cisco-centric open source community
,----[ Quote ]
| Have you poked around The Cisco-centric Open Source Community (COSI) yet? The
| site was among a hefty list of sources for free admin tools that Brad Reese
| blogged about in May.
`----
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/21093
Related:
Open source and secret sauce
,----[ Quote ]
| Open source router outperforming Cisco device in test revives the
| "commodity" vs. "special purpose" debate
|
| [...]
|
| Marketing trumped technology, however. Competitors would say "you don't
| want to trust your network to a PC" -- even though it really wasn't a PC.
| And FUD prevailed. Today we can expect to hear the same comments made in
| reference to open source. Will they work this time?
`----
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/041107tolly.html?fsrc=rss-ibm
Vyatta Delivers Twice the Performance of Cisco at Half the Price
,----[ Quote ]
| Vyatta today announced the release of independent third-party testing
| results from The Tolly Group that measured the throughput and
| performance of the open-source, x86-based Vyatta router and
| firewall appliance versus the proprietary Cisco 2821 ISR.
|
| "This report shatters the myth that proprietary hardware products
| are a better choice than standard x86-based systems for network
| infrastructure," said Dave Roberts, VP of strategy and marketing
| at Vyatta. "For the majority of routing applications, open-source
| software and x86-based hardware can easily address the performance
| requirements and at significantly lower price points."
`----
http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2794294903426800112404643709233288209670
Will an open source router replace your Cisco router?
,----[ Quote ]
| By using VMware, I was able to get this new router up in less than 30
| minutes--as promised by the evaluation guide. In fact, half of that time
| came from downloading the file. In addition, I ended up reading some of the
| guide to learn the default login and the basics of the user interface.
|
| In my opinion, Vyatta shows a lot of promise. While I'm not recommending
| throwing out Cisco routers in favor of Vyatta just yet, spending 30 minutes
| to familiarize yourself with what it can do is a smart idea.
`----
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-6163569.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=tr
http://tinyurl.com/37zkvp
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say
,----[ Quote ]
| "I'd say that any PC we could put [Vyatta OFR] on today is going to be
| way faster than Cisco. I would not be doing backbone routing with this,
| but I would not hesitate to say this will compete against Cisco
| either," Newnam said. "Well, as long as we're not switching half of
| the U.S. of course."
`----
http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1218088,00.html
Dumping Cisco for open-source
,----[ Quote ]
| Open-source networking trend is limited so far, but it
| could grow fast
|
| The open-source movement, which has long made inroads
| into corporations via Linux and other enterprise-level
| software, now has a potentially bigger target in its
| cross hairs: the PBXs and network routers from companies
| such as Cisco Systems Inc. that form the basis of
| networking infrastructure.
`----
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004223
http://tinyurl.com/t8cfw
Cisco offers up safe mapping tool as open source
,----[ Quote ]
| This is the first we've come across an open source tool from Cisco. What are
| the others it has offered?
`----
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/18481
Chambers: We're Not Plumbers Anymore
,----[ Quote ]
| In response to a question about Cisco's views on open source posed
| by internetnews.com Chambers responded, "I think that open source or
| open content is the future. You want to be able to create your own
| content and we want to do that empowerment."
`----
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3684241#49977821313266324796
|
|
