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  From: Daryl Collins <daryl@beaker.htb.com.au>
  To  : Jason Tan <jason@rebel.rebel.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 07:32:52 +1030 (CST)

Re: "Host based" routers and BGP

Hi,

> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Mark Newton wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 12:04:08PM +1030, Jason Tan wrote:
> > 
> >  > Does anyone on this list use or know of anyone using a "host based" (eg
> >  > linux or <some>BSD running on a commodity -probably intel- PC and
> >  > probalby using gated or similar) router that is multihomed and uses for
> >  > exterior routing?
> 
> By the way that should have been and uses BGP for exterior routing.

Last time I did the PC ISP BGP router type thing, the largest problem I
had was the instability of the various linux ethernet card drivers.  I'm
sure thats been resolved in the last few years, although you
should definately go for some brand name cards.

As to the BGP side of it, I'd highly recommend Zebra
- http://www.zebra.org/  It has a cisco-like interface and from what I
hear, its quite stable and feature rich these days.  I'd personally avoid
gated like the plague - it you can infact get it to compile up on your
platform, you'll probably find yourself going through multiple versions
until you actually find one that works properly.

My preference would definately be a purpose built hardware/software
router, but with a bit of effort and patience you should be able to hack
together something to do this.

Daryl

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