[167675] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Making of a Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Cameo)
Thu Dec 26 15:54:43 2013
In-Reply-To: <1890383367.345314.1388076407430.JavaMail.root@snappytelecom.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:52:18 -0500
From: Nick Cameo <symack@gmail.com>
To: Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/26/13, 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 out
> e.g. voip trans-coding and routing make maintenance, availability, and
> ability to create redundancy much more practical.
>
Point taken! Transcoding tasks abstracted out :).
N.
