Getting a "portable" /19 or /20

Wed Apr 11 00:24:34 UTC 2001

/me grabs PCMCIA NIC from dresser, inserts it, ifconfig eth1 x.x.x.x, then
removes it.
*Smirk*
Of course, I am not suggesting you should run a router on a PCMCIA or even a
laptop, or even an i386 machine... With the right backplane, and possibly
ASIC's in the high end models, you *can* do routing in linux. Not that I am
suggesting you should, or the right backplane and interface is available
currently, but never say never.
Hell, even tivo runs linux....
Perhaps this should have a different thread, or just die off. No, you shouldn't
use i386 boxen for any integral part of the internet fabric, but who is to say
that a variant of linux running zebra won't someday be the device of choice on
some future (maybe already in development behind the closed doors of some
startup with a clue) hardware?
-Paul

Roeland Meyer wrote:

> > From: Christopher A. Woodfield [mailto:rekoil at electro.semihuman.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 2:15 PM
>
> > Oh, and when you can
> >
> > (a) have Linux shut down a failing interface card on the fly and keep
> > humming along,
> >
> > and
> >
> > (b) be able to replace said card without shutting down,
> >
> > lemme know.
>
> IMHO, you are being short-sighted. Linux doesn't just run on PC boxen. That
> was my point earlier about the S/390. You assume too much. BTW, let's see
> you do the same thing with Sun gear, even Netras. How about hot-swapping a
> blade in a Cisco Catalyst 6509(not sure, here. I usually shut 'em down to do
> that.)? BTW, if you can find the hot-swap gear you want to run then I can
> probably get Linux to run on it (it just takes a while). Linux runs
> everywhere from Pal Pilots to S/390s (has any one seen it on a Sun e10K
> yet?)
>
> In this day and age, such absolute statements are a little hazardous. Their
> shelf-life, even if true, is measured in micro-secs.
>
> --
> The only absolute is that there are no absolutes.