Re: real hardware router VS linux router

Steve Bertrand wrote:

Ryan Harden wrote:

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While you could probably build a linux router that is just as fast as a real hardware router, you're always going to run into the moving pieces part of the equation.

Not if you boot directly from USB key into memory with no disk drive.

Steve

I am sorry, but this is wrong. A USB Key is another 'PC Architecture' that DOES NOT WORK for network devices. There is NO positive mechanical force to keep that thing inserted, and the way a USB Key would hang off most devices with a USB port, would put it at very high risk for being accidentally bumped / disconnected. Secondly, there are still many many PC Architecture boxen that still do not boot correctly from USB. '