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Open-Source Router to Take on Cisco?
ickypick writes to tell us that CNN is running an article about the emergence of an OpenSource Router product, currently in Beta, that targets mid-size enterprise customers for about one-fifth the cost of current enterprise networking giants' hardware. From the article: "The machine runs on two Intel chips, but far more noteworthy is its software, known as XORP, or extensible open router platform. The versatile open-source application can direct data traffic for a giant corporation as easily as it can manage a home Wi-Fi network." The current release is available for download from Vyatta's web site."
It can turn my old AMD K5 machine into a top-end Cisco machine. Does anyone have a spare ISA network card?
--Seems like everything is Open Source now.--
everything but the women...
you have to pay oodles up front and, eventually, you find out the eula isn't what you where led to believe, the eula changes over time and, worst of all, the source is closed. and i mean *closed*.
So who do you call when the thing breaks?
The A-Team.
Grep. Gimp. Kugar. Krita. Kexi. LaTex. Tcl. And now, the piece de resistance - xorp.
Why route when you can XORP!
You forgot about the forced upgrades that you pay for, feature creep, and bloat.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
Have you tried the subscription model?
I hear it works well, though getting an extended lease time or supplementary benefits added without paying extra can be problematic.