So who has used Vyatta and Mikrotik? Differences? On 4/3/10, Glenn Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > vyatta overview: http://www.vyatta.com/products/index.php > > PFSense overview: http://www.pfsense.org > > > On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:52 AM, Glenn Kelley wrote: > >> I love Vyatta. I love PFSense... I love a bunch of other >> applications that can do this as well... BUT it might be worth asking >> what the job that you want the router to perform. >> >> While some may bash vYatta - >> >> Keep in mind - when the reload happened - they specifically did that >> for their own Support Contracts ... folks that paid them - but yes - a >> major release required a reload. >> I can tell horror stories about having to do this w/ Cisco Vax >> 7200's 2650's and such as well. IOS updates do not always go as >> well as they advertise... >> >> Why I do like vYatta is the simple fact they provide both the CLI and >> GUI - (command line interface and graphical user interface)... >> >> Here are a few reasons why folks in this board should consider vYatta >> community edition: (free) >> >> 1. Load Balancing >> 2. BGP (Full ) >> 3. vLAN - do vlans out to the radios >> 4. PPPOE - if you wanted to use it >> 5. Parental Controls >> 6. Speed Control / Traffic Shaping - You can do this right on your >> router. >> 7. SQUID - cache things vs hitting the web all the time for the same >> content (like windows updates, youtubes, etc ) >> >> >> I resell vYatta paid version for those interested - but for most the >> community center is just fine. The paid edition will give you all of >> the aforementioned with the ability to obtain paid support - and this >> is based upon the following: >> >> 1. what type of contract you have purchased >> 2. severity of the request - (ie everything down vs just a feature >> request) >> >> >> >> >> that being said - WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO ? >> >> If you have a simple setup - and just need full BGP - you might also >> want to check out another Open Source Project called PFSense. >> >> PFSense is full FreeBSD - runs on most any x86 hardware. >> I can help any of you with this as well. The PFSense book is a great >> place to start - and is written for someone who has never done >> routing... >> >> one last thing about pfsense... Its a full bsd license - you can even >> rebrand it. >> >> I have a bunch of PF systems out in the field as CPE for firewalling >> and such - all running under our logo and skin when a client logs in. >> a simple 1U rack mount makes that an awesome option - so does a >> simple flash drive on a card in a box ... >> >> Ask questions if I can help either on or off list >> >> :-) >> >> Glenn >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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