Josh Largest difference I have seen is in regards to load (and cost) Freeware community editions ... well cost is pretty low - especially if you have vmware already running, xen running - or a good pc or server around. that being said
Mikrotik from experience can choke on DDOS attacks above 100K pps on a dual xeon - with vYatta you don't see much of a load. A good study on this is with SkyBeam: http://www.vyatta.com/downloads/casestudies/Vyatta_Skybeamcase.pdf might be worth asking them directly I'm not far from you if you want an in person overview :-) - thinking of hamfest I'm out in Court House - about an hour and 1/2 On Apr 3, 2010, at 1:10 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > 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! 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