Hi Sudheer, In general the answer is yes - but your situation may be different and it depends what you want your "router" to do (YMMV). You need to be prepared to produce a custom kernel / boot image and Use the appropriate h/w, etc, for equivalent "uptime". This question has been asked frequently in the Zebra and Quagga lists. I suggest you consult the list archives for h/w and config http://www.quagga.net http://www.zebra.org Regards, -----Original Message----- From: lartc-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lartc-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sudheer Divakaran Sent: 08 July 2004 12:30 To: lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Is Linux based Router feasible Hi, I've a local LAN consisting of about 150 machines. I'm using a Linux machine as the gateway machine which inturn connects to two different ISPs. My question is can a Linux based machine match the performance of a hardware based routers provided by Cisco,... OR is my decision to go for a Linux based solution is a wrong one?. Is there so much difference between these two solutions? Can I achieve the same performance using a high end PC and Linux? I'm asking this because one guy told me that my decision to go for a Linux based solution is a wrong one and it can never match the performance of Routers provided by Cisco. Thanks Sudheer _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this email and document(s) attached are for the exclusive use of the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the recipient of this email is not the addressee, such recipient is strictly prohibited from reading, photocopying, distribution or otherwise using this email or its contents in any way. Please notify the Sapiens (UK) Ltd. Systems Administrator via e-mail immediately at networksupport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, if you have received this email in error. Disclaimer: The views, opinions and guidelines contained in this confidential e-mail are those of the originating author and may not be representative of Sapiens (UK) Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
