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Google Router Rumors

Posted by timothy on from the google-cars-too-pass-it-on dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new rumor that Google is developing its own router. The company won't comment on the story, but it's been in the hardware business for a while and expanded its presence with Android. If Larry Ellison can go halvsies with HP on a server, then Eric Schmidt should certainly be able to make Cisco nervous."

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  1. Re:All that I need now is google underwear! by fizzup · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All I need now is google underwear that twitters for me with real time gps tracking so I know where I've gone.

    ftfy

  2. Core or Edge? by WeBMartians · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If the Google router is a core router, the effect on Juniper will be minimal: Google (and Verizon and...) likes the Juniper edge routers. I can understand Google considering its own core, but to dive into the edge business would be suicide.

    Core routers seem glamorous but, while they are ludicrously quick, they get that speed (at least in part) by being dumber than dirt. Unlike edge routers, they don't have sophisticated authentication (RADIUS and the like), their DHCP support is primitive at best (and the world will still need IPv4 for some time to come), and the various governments are going to require some kind of CALEA facility or those pipes will get ripped right out of the ground. The list of technical hurdles for a new "edger" is really formidable. Oh yeah, don't forget the multitude of edge resident PSEUDO-protocols - really just hacks for some carrier's specific needs (example: a 5k byte DHCP renewal packet) and only minimally documented.

    I cannot see Google duplicating all of the edge stuff ... at least, I think they're smarter than that. If otherwise, the stock to dump is Google's.

  3. Vyatta anyone? by lawaetf1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't believe nobody has made mention of Vyatta. It's an excellent appliance-like distro based on, I believe, Debian. All the bells and whistles you'd expect from a high-end device at a fraction (by which I mean ~1/3) of the cost relative to a Cisco purchase.

    All management is handled via an IOS-like command mode which makes setup, backups, and everything else quite easy. Wire speed all the way.

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