FreeBSD is pretty stable. One such boxen I have has been up for 460 days doing only routing and some Apache stuff on a GigE link. For the most part I'd think its safe to say the comination your working with is accepable for non-critical use. Of course if your looking for a failsafe production item your better off spending the extra cash on a Cisco/Extreme/Juniper/etc item, but in light of funds... I'll also point out that CheckPoint used a FreeBSD kernel for some time. I believe they are now using a Linux variant, but don't quote me on that. The hardest part is finding drivers and support for the various NIC your going to use. just my 2ยข -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Daly" <tom@dyndns.org> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 1:58 AM Subject: Zebra Router???
Hi All, I'm trying to find out what peoples experiences regarding the throughput of Zebra on a FreeBSD Box.
My configuration is as follows:
Intel Pentium III 1.40G 1 Gig RAM 2x <Intel Pro 10/100B/100+ Ethernet> (one internal, one external) on board.
This box is running as a simple static router, i.e. one subnet on the inside, Internet feed on the other side. No BGP, no RIP, no OSPF. Pretty simple, eh?
So the goal is to know the bandwidth limitation of this router. Any ideas? I've heard numbers of 35Meg, 40 Meg, etc, however, I have not recieved a good reason backing it up. Can anyone offer some input on this?
Regards, Tom Daly
-- Tom Daly tom@dyndns.org Chief Infrastructure Officer Dynamic DNS Network Services http://www.dyndns.org/