Re: The Making of a Router

Pretty much what everyone else said. I'm a huge linux person, almost everything I use is linux, run full Myth set up etc, but I wouldn't use it for a high PPS situation like this. It's just asking for suffering later, at the worst possible times.

to paraphrase MO from many years ago (as i do not have a direct quote), do not use home appliances as production routers. there are niches where routeflow/vandervecken are usable. there are niches where quagga/bird/openbgp are useful. but not core/backbone of any non-trivial network. they might be usable for _slightly_ more than trivial if your business model values your time at zero. randy