[167663] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Making of a Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warren Bailey)
Thu Dec 26 12:21:30 2013
From: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
To: Eric Clark <cabenth@gmail.com>, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:21:11 +0000
In-Reply-To: <70D10C79-B55B-4B38-B801-A945C9E0A2FF@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Not to mention the fact that this "router" will require support. The build =
before buy people are silly. Let the smart router guys do their thing and u=
se their box accordingly. When it breaks call to inform them it broke and t=
hey will fix it. Diy projects are a nightmare to support.
Sent from my Mobile Device.
-------- Original message --------
From: Eric Clark <cabenth@gmail.com>
Date: 12/26/2013 8:00 AM (GMT-09:00)
To: Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: The Making of a Router
I also wonder about re-inventing the wheel. The router part is easy, you co=
uld even do that with a windows box (that's a joke).
Obviously capital cost is part of it, but the man hours involved in doing w=
hat you're talking about, especially since you are talking about a telco...=
. whatever you come up with has to be pretty darn reliable...
Certainly would be interested in a little more information about the use ca=
se.
Eric
On Dec 26, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net> wrote=
:
> I am a believer of not having to re-invent the wheel...
>
> Having said that.. have you looked at 'purpose built appliances' e.g.
>
> http://www.lannerinc.com/
> http://us.axiomtek.com/
>
> If you are looking for a full router....
> Consider such as these...
> http://www.linktechs.net/
> http://www.maxxwave.com/
>
> and there are a few others but the concept is the same
>
> Personally, I am not a believer in making a single device be the do all /=
end all of everything..
> While one can do everything on a big server .. however breaking things ou=
t e.g. voip trans-coding and routing make maintenance, availability, and ab=
ility to create redundancy much more practical.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nick Cameo" <symack@gmail.com>
>> To: nanog@nanog.org
>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:33:13 AM
>> Subject: The Making of a Router
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> We are looking to put together a 2u server with a few PCIe 3 x8
>> (recommendations appreciated). The router will take a voip transcoding
>> line card, and will act as an edge router for a telecom company.
>>
>> For things like BGP (Quagga, Zebra, all that lovely stuff!!!), static
>> routes, and firewall capabilities we are thinking gentoo linux
>> stripped for sure however, what about the BSDs? FreeBSD or OpenBSD.
>> Any comments, feedback, does, and don'ts are much appreciated.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>>
>
