> I've got 2 T1s w/ two different ISPs (hence the desire to use BGP) > I already have two dinky cisco routers w/ v.35 interfaces.
You'll never get any ISP to peer BGP with you for 2 T1 lines. Sorry. The best option for you if your requirement is NAT-centric is http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html. (See Julian's kernel patch at the end!). Alternatively if you need external site failover maybe buying an F5-3DNS (DNS failover) or cheap round-robin DNS will work for you. > >From what you said, I should be looking for a motherboard w/ dual > gigabit interfaces. > (either Intel e1000 or Broadcom bcm5700) NICs are important, but not at dual-T1 speed. It becomes important in 20mbit+. I think you'd be fine with eepro100's or bcm5700 (with tg3), or anything onboard on a decent server. If you have extra $ the Intel gigabits are great. Eepro's are the most popular NIC in servers so you can't go wrong there. We use Dell PE 2650's here with CF/IDE adapters, 4 extra ports from Intel cards, and dual power supplies. They are exponentially faster than what we used previously, Cisco 3640 series. They were also exponentially cheaper, though you might find a set of 3640's for sale on Ebay for $10k or so. That having been said you probably won't get fired for buying a Cisco but you might for your LEAF solution if it doesn't work right. Be sure to budget extra time from the start to get all the pieces talking right to each other. > VRRP is... Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol? > Is this an alternative to BGP, or is it something that complements it? Compliments. It's like HSRP for Cisco. Actually VRRP is the protocol that HSRP is built on. http://www.keepalived.org Cheers, P ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
