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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: 16 Dec 1996 00:25:00 GMT
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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References: <58g3cs$h5m@palan.palantir.com> <58rud1$78o@samba.rahul.net> <58s09j$n9o@mozart.jlc.net> <58s4vd$9nm@samba.rahul.net>
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:In article <58s4vd$9nm@samba.rahul.net>, <dhesi@spams.r.us.com> wrote:
:>In <58s09j$n9o@mozart.jlc.net> jtn@frodo.mc.com (Jason T. Nelson) writes:
:>
:>>> [ refering to ETinc's sync cards ]
:>>>What sort of loads can it handle?
:>
:>>According to their web page, the ET/5025-25 can handle external (which I
:>>will assume means line) speeds of up to 16Mbps while the ET/5025-16 "only"
:>>goes to 7Mbs.
:>
:>1. speed != load
:>2. vendor spec != user observation
:>--
:>Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@spams.r.us.com>
:>"please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>
If you are asking whether a FreeBSD machine can max-out a sync card
connected to a T1, the answer is yes. In fact, maxing out several
sync cards would not be a problem either.
The problem with using a unix box as a router, as always, is more an
issue of reliability. If you ever need to run ospf or bgp, then
you generally have to run gated. Gated+UNIX doesn't even come close to
a cisco when it comes to reliability.
-Matt