[57715] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Zebra Router???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe)
Sun Apr 20 22:53:57 2003
From: "Joe" <joej@rocknyou.com>
To: "Tom Daly" <tom@dyndns.org>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 18:21:01 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
FreeBSD is pretty stable. One such boxen I have has been up for 460 days
doing only routing and some Apache stuff on a GigE link. For the most part
I'd think its
safe to say the comination your working with is accepable for non-critical
use.
Of course if your looking for a failsafe production item your better off
spending the
extra cash on a Cisco/Extreme/Juniper/etc item, but in light of funds...
I'll also point out that CheckPoint used a FreeBSD kernel for some time. I
believe they are now using a Linux variant, but don't quote me on that.
The hardest part is finding drivers and support for the various NIC your
going to
use.
just my 2¢
-Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Daly" <tom@dyndns.org>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:58 AM
Subject: Zebra Router???
>
> Hi All,
> I'm trying to find out what peoples experiences regarding the throughput
> of Zebra on a FreeBSD Box.
>
> My configuration is as follows:
>
> Intel Pentium III 1.40G
> 1 Gig RAM
> 2x <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> (one internal, one external) on
> board.
>
> This box is running as a simple static router, i.e. one subnet on the
> inside, Internet feed on the other side. No BGP, no RIP, no OSPF. Pretty
> simple, eh?
>
> So the goal is to know the bandwidth limitation of this router. Any ideas?
> I've heard numbers of 35Meg, 40 Meg, etc, however, I have not recieved a
> good reason backing it up. Can anyone offer some input on this?
>
> Regards,
> Tom Daly
>
> --
> Tom Daly
> tom@dyndns.org
> Chief Infrastructure Officer
> Dynamic DNS Network Services
> http://www.dyndns.org/
