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  From: Dale Long <dalel@loftuscomp.com.au>
  To  : Dan Shearer <dan@tellurian.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:56:40 +1030 (CST)

Re: "Host based" routers and BGP

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Dan Shearer wrote:
> > The people who run real networks usually run them on real routers :-)
> 
> An old ISP adage is to let routers route and servers serve. The lines are
> getting a bit blurred these days as portions of policy, security, QoS and
> routing are being implemented in many different kinds of network equipment
> at all sorts of levels. But its a good rule of thumb. [That right, all you
> ISP people here?]

What defines a router? Hardware containing as OS optimised for routing
running only routing based services? Or A generic OS (perhaps compiled in
a way that optimises it for routing) running only routing based
processes/services? Or hardware and OS optimised for routing? Surely
network load and so on would dictate what would be be better solution.

This rule can also apply to database servers, print servers, firewalls and
so on. But it also depends on capacity and load and security, among other
things.

Dale.


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