Actually, dollar for dollar, the linux box will outperform the cisco. What the cisco gives you is much simpler access to the knobs that make the bells ring and whistles blow. At 04:26 PM 10/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
So does linux.
Linux can be:
A packet forwarder (router) A packet filter (firewall) An IP masquerading packet filter (NAT firewall) Can run RIP, BGP, EGP, OSPF (via gated)
Maybe I'm being naiive here, but what does Cisco offer beyond this (besides the availability of higher performance)?
--Adam
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net> To: dirk@power.net <dirk@power.net> Cc: nanog@merit.edu <nanog@merit.edu>; list@inet-access.net <list@inet-access.net> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Linux Router KIT
In article <19981028100541.00359@orlando.power.net>, dirk@power.net wrote:
Linux doesn't just kill Microsoft's NT and Solaris. It also eats Cisco for lunch.
This isn't true. IOS does a lot more than just get packets from interface A to interface B. (In terms of managability as well as functionality) -- Shields, CrossLink.
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