Re: BGP4 using FreeBSD

From: Roman Volf (volfman_at_keystreams.com)
Date: 01/24/04

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:26:10 -0800
To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org

    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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