Linux Router KIT

Wed Oct 28 21:26:42 UTC 1998

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 at crosslink.net>
To: dirk at power.net <dirk at power.net>
Cc: nanog at merit.edu <nanog at merit.edu>; list at inet-access.net
<list at inet-access.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: Linux Router KIT

In article <19981028100541.00359 at orlando.power.net>,
dirk at 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.