Although I have almost no experience running any Cisco hardware, I would have to say that for the basic routing that most companies are probably doing, the LEAF project works quite nicely. Even when you get into advanced routing and bridging and so forth, LEAF still stands up. If you were going into a meeting were you were already up against Cisco (hardware in general) then you should really be asking, what does Cisco equipment do, that the LEAF project can't, and how does it apply to your business's networking operations.
I have 3 locations currently running LEAF firewalls/routers and am using IPSec between all three, and in the next couple of months I'll be adding to additional locations, bringing our WAN access points to a total of 5. Granted I don't really do a lot of 'advanced routing' but then again, how much advanced routing will you really be doing. Since discovering the LEAF project, and assuming the hardware is supported, I can't see a need for any Cisco equipment in our future. My opinion is barely even my own, and should be taken with two grains of salt, one for you to remember me by, the other for you to throw away... Joey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:28 PM To: LEAF Subject: [leaf-user] LEAF -vs- Cisco...what's YOUR opinion? Hi folks, I read the article in last month's Linux Journal about LEAF -vs- Cisco but unfortunately, I don't think they came to any real conclusions. I was particularly interested because I would like to use LEAF (Bering in particular) at my company (and I was hoping the article would provide some credible statistics)...but I'm afraid management will sneer and "poo-poo" my decision to implement it. I think they feel, like I'm sure other businesses feel, that because they've heard their competitor Brand X uses a Cisco router (oooh, ahhh), that it MUST be the smart thing to do. So, I thought I would ask so many of you who probably know both of these products like the "back of your hand", and probably use them on a daily basis. So...how DOES Linux/LEAF compare to Cisco? Do you think that Linux/LEAF can handle most business scenarios? I know Charles says that he uses Dachstein at his businesses. What do you think are its limitations? Other comments? Thank you as always. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
