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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a router - 2 T1 / 2 Ethernet - BGP / OSPF
Date: 9 Dec 1996 20:22:32 GMT
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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Message-ID: <58hse8$5hv@nntp1.best.com>
References: <58g3cs$h5m@palan.palantir.com> <58h0fc$joh@stargate.stdio.com>
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:In article <58h0fc$joh@stargate.stdio.com>,
:James Risner <risner@heathers.stdio.com> wrote:
:>Scott Boake (scott@palan.palantir.com) wrote:
:>: We had a router die this weekend and need to replace it with a new one.
:>
:>: Currently the Internet connection is a Fractional Frame Relay T-1.
:>: In the future it would be nice to have the ability to be able to expand
:>: to multihomed (at least 2 T-1 speed connections) with 2 Ethernet connections.
>: With full BGP / OSPF, etc.
:>
:>: I'm looking for the pros and cons of using a PC with FreeBSD (+ who's Sync
:>: V.35 Frame Card?) vs a Cisco / Livingston / etc.
:>
:>: Any and all comments are welcome...
:>
:>: Please E-Mail your replys & Thanks In Advance!
:>
:>Me too.
:>I was thinking of testing the following configuration:
:>
:>MB: Pentium 120mhz SuperMicro P5STE 512K 4 PCI 4 ISA
:>OS: 64 meg ram FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE
:>one PCI NCR 53c810 / 1 gig drive 9 ms or so
:>two PCI Adaptec (DEC "Tulip" I think) 4 port ether rj-45 10baseT
:>one PCI SMC DEC 100 base T card for core
:>three ISA 4 port ARNET (Digiboard) Sync/570i Sync V.35
:>one ISA VGA
:>
:>What does this use:
:>4 ISA ports
:>4 PCI ports
:>
:>What you get:
:>$1000 computer + $400 8 10baseT + $100 100baseT + $3600 Sync ports
:>
:>$5100 router supporting BGP with 1-100baseT, 8-10baseT, 12-V.35(T1-1.544mbps)
:>
:>4 port sync, 2 ether 100mhz RISC Cisco 4500 with 64 meg ram is about
:>$15,000 (or three times as much money)
:>
:>Risner
:>
:>Any comments? "Your wrong and here is why?" "Hey that is a good idea."
:>Email me: risner@stdio.com
When BEST first started, we ran two T1's off a riscom card in a BSDI
box, and ran gated to do the BGP. It worked, but it was not all that
reliable. Often gated would die, or the kernel would crash due to bugs
in the route table... when you are dealing with two full BGP sessions
running full internet routes, any UNIX box's route table is going to
get exercised pretty well.
Now that was 2 years ago. gated / FreeBSD might very well make a good
combination today.
What you get with CISCO's is reliability... you configure them, then
ignore them. They just work. If you have enough money to get a cisco,
then get a cisco. If not, the FreeBSD solution is workable if you
research it well enough.
-Matt