Linux Router KIT

Thu Oct 29 08:35:00 UTC 1998

> > What kind of interface do you want ? You have async (multiport
> > async), sync, ethernet, fddi and now atm is coming. BTW, do you get
> > arcnet with cisco ? :-)
> 
> HSSI? 

ATM is doable today.  There are multiple HSSI vendors out there:
http://www.lanmedia.com/products.htm
http://www.sdlcomm.com/

> > Define lots. You want full BGP table in a PC router ? Why :) ?

The bandwidth through a router is not necessarily directly related to the
amount of routing information that one needs to support.  For example, one
can easily imagine a multi-homed site that buys transit from multiple
backbones.  While no single backbone is deserving of very high bandwidth,
the need to maintain a full routing table for optimal return path routing
could be quite high.

Tony