Zebra/linux device production networking?

Mon Jun 12 11:44:14 UTC 2006

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:42:36PM -0700,
 Nick Burke <mrmud at mrmud.org> wrote 
 a message of 39 lines which said:

> How many of you have actually use(d) Zebra/Linux as a routing device 

IMHO, the question is not perfectly phrased. You actually have several
issues:

* use a regular PC instead of big and expensive iron,

* use Linux instead of FreeBSD or IOS or JunOS,

* use Zebra instead of Quagga or Xorp.

These questions are partly independent and should be addressed as
such. For instance, Quagga + a free Unix can run on dedicated boxes
like the Soekris, who have different characteristics than a regular PC
(no moving parts, for instance).

One last advice: be very careful when you read claims like "it may
seem appealing to suits with no networking knowledge": many people
never tried what they criticize, they just do not want their CEO to
discover that the expensive network could have been done for much
less.

[I installed, in a former job, Debian + Linux + Zebra on PCs and they
route fine.]