Hi Sudheer,
In general the answer is yes - but your situation may be
different and it depends what you want your "router" to do (YMMV).
You need to be prepared to produce a custom kernel / boot image and
Use the appropriate h/w, etc, for equivalent "uptime".
This question has been asked frequently in the Zebra and Quagga lists.
I suggest you consult the list archives for h/w and config
http://www.quagga.net
http://www.zebra.org
Regards,
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On Behalf Of Sudheer Divakaran
Sent: 08 July 2004 12:30
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Subject: [LARTC] Is Linux based Router feasible
Hi,
I've a local LAN consisting of about 150 machines. I'm using a Linux
machine as the gateway machine which inturn connects to two different
ISPs. My question is can a Linux based machine match the performance of
a hardware based routers provided by Cisco,... OR is my decision to go
for a Linux based solution is a wrong one?.
Is there so much difference between these two solutions?
Can I achieve the same performance using a high end PC and Linux?
I'm asking this because one guy told me that my decision to go for a
Linux based solution is a wrong one and it can never match the
performance of Routers provided by Cisco.
Thanks
Sudheer
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