On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:06:50PM -0500, haesu@towardex.com wrote:
... and we care because? the router is a black box. if the output is not what is expected, it matters not why. though understandable, it is still not acceptable. </imho>
and you blame zebra ?
There are so many many many legitimate things to blame Zebra for, and so many more legitimate things to blame Linux for, that when you put the two of them together there is no need to make up problems that aren't their fault. The reasons that PC routers bite have nothing to do with the fact that they use PC hardware, the limitations of the PCI bus, or any other nonsense like that. PC routers bite because of the software, pure and simple. Raw forwarding performance is only a small component of a quality router, the rest is SOFTWARE, SOFTWARE, and MORE SOFTWARE. Unfortunately, software quality isn't easy to measure in numbers other than units sold. On the topic of PC routers, I've fully given in to the zen of Randy Bush. I FULLY encourage my competitor to use them. :) -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)