real hardware router VS linux router

Thu Feb 19 14:44:50 UTC 2009

Deric Kwok wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> Actually, what is the different hardware router VS linux router?
> 
> Have you had experience to compare real router eg: cisco VS linux router?

Archives have discussed this at extreme length.

The most interesting thing I saw come out of it was this

http://data.guug.de/slides/lk2008/10G_preso_lk2008.pdf

See pictures describing the primary differences.