10GE router resource

Wed Mar 26 20:18:04 UTC 2008

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> 
>> Even if it is technically feasible to route traffic over a 
>> server,
> 
> A computer running Linux is not a server. If it's job is to 
> route and forward packets, then it is a router. And the fact
> that people are pushing the envelope at 10G is because Linux
> routers are already known to do a great job at 1G and below.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.

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Justin