Vyatta as a BRAS

Fri Jul 16 03:57:15 UTC 2010

Edge Router Definition:
 - A term used in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, an edge router is a 
device that  routes data packets between one or more local area networks (LANs) 
and an ATM backbone network, whether a campus network or a wide area network 
(WAN).   An edge router is an example of an edge device and is sometimes  
referred to as a boundary router.  An edge router is sometimes  contrasted with 
a core router, which forwards packets to computer  hosts within a network (but 
not between networks). 

Core Router:
 - A core router is a router that forwards packets to computer hosts within a 
network (but not between networks).  A  core router is sometimes contrasted with 
an edge router,  which routes packets between a self-contained network and other 
outside  networks along a network backbone. 

Can we get a consensus definition on these definition's and what hardware 
vender's make edge routers and what hardware vender's make core routers.

I think this will make us all, have the same understanding.

-henry

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From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall at gmail.com>
To: Dennis Burgess <dmburgess at linktechs.net>
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Sent: Thu, July 15, 2010 5:28:44 PM
Subject: Re: Vyatta as a BRAS

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Dennis Burgess <dmburgess at linktechs.net> wrote:
> RouterOS is a software based router, we have them all over the world as
> CORE and EDGE routers to networks.

You keep using that word ("CORE"). I do not think it means what you
think it means.

Drive Slow, DoS Slower,
Paul Wall