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  From: Dale Long <dalel@loftuscomp.com.au>
  To  : David Newall <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:42:44 +1030 (CST)

Re: "Host based" routers and BGP

On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, David Newall wrote:
> 
> Would a PC be suitable?  That's what Jason is trying to find out.
> Apparently PC hardware is reliable enough; it won't break down every week or
> even every month.  Apparently free operating systems are good enough.
> What's not clear is whether free BGP software is good enough.

We would only know if a PC would be suitable if we knew the target
application. A small company with a few PC's, some servers and a moderate
bandwidth, with enough techies around to bring it up and tweak it if it
falls over and the occasional blown power supply or outage being
acceptable? I would guess this. Or, a service with large ammounts of
critical data using high bandwidth and large tables, with customers who
would scoop your heart out with a spoon at any hint in drop of connection.

I guess it depends on how established it is under Linux and what level of
flakeyness it is at. If a 'gated' or other set of software under Linux
supports it well, then it could be easily packaged into one of the LRP's,
or used as a standard part of another distribution.

Dale.

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