[c-nsp] GigE Edge router

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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>From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Michael Loftis
>Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:16 PM
>To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>Subject: Re: [c-nsp] GigE Edge router
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>--On May 31, 2005 1:00:37 PM -0400 joshua sahala
><jejs+lists at sahala.org>
>wrote:
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>> Paul,
>>
>> With those requirements, you're probably going to need to get
>an actual
>> router.  You could look for a used m5 or m10 unless you are after
>> something 'current', then try the cisco 7304w/NSE100, or
>Juniper m7i or
>> m10i.  If you are handy with unix/linux, and it is all
>ethernet, you could
>> build a pc-based router for a lot less money.
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>Painful, and not likely to keep up with the amount of traffic
>we're talking
>about here.  Voice of experience.  For smaller installations,
>say 50mbit
>and less, PC hardware can be an option.  You'd have to be VERY careful
>about hardware choices for anything over 50mbit honestly.
>
>Just my experience here.  Others may have had other/better results.
>

This topic comes up periodically on the Quagga mailing list, look through
the
archives:

http://lists.quagga.net/pipermail/quagga-users/

I forget what the fastest throughput is that anyone has boasted getting,
though.

Before Cisco existed, we all used servers to route the Internet. ;-)

Ted