Thus spake "Vadim Antonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Actually, not. A router is a hell of a lot simpler than a Class-5 > switch, particularly if you don't do ATM, FR, X.25, MPLS, > QoS, multicast, IPv6, blah, blah, blah.
The data plane is remarkably easier. The control plane is arguable. And without ATM, FR, MPLS, QOS, multicast, etc. nobody will be buying your router. > Demonstrably (proof by existence), those switches can be > made reasonably reliable. So can be routers. It's the fabled > computer tech culture of "be crappy, ship fast, pile features > sky high, test after you ship" aka OFRV's Micro$oft envy, > which is the root evil. The question is actually whether anyone would pay the cost of a perfect router. People complain that today's routers are too expensive, and most vendors are going bankrupt or giving up. Many of those were marketing to the "featureless and reliable" niche. S
