Vyatta as a BRAS

Curtis Maurand cmaurand at xyonet.com
Tue Jul 13 15:30:00 UTC 2010


On 7/13/2010 11:11 AM, Greg Whynott wrote:
>>>        
>> They are all software based, no matter who builds them.  Cisco IOS,
>> Juniper JunOS, etc.
>>      
> controlling hardware asic's and fpga's.
>    
In a PIX, its a Pentium 4.  I've also been in other routers that use 
PowerPC.  It depends on the manufacturer.  Cisco uses its own custom 
processor when it gets to that level.  Its why you have a choice of 
processor in the 7200's.

--Curtis




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