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Linux Based Router

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Troy Larsen sent us a link to a yahoo press release proclaiming a company selling a Linux Based Router. Up to 40 gigs per second and up to 128 100mb ports. Yum.

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  1. Debian Based? by Aaron+M.+Renn · · Score: 3

    I seem to recall that someone was building a Linux "router distro" based on Debian. Is that this company? I also hear that Debian thinks it is good for people to be taking their main distro and tweaking it for various special purpose apps. Are there any others I'm not aware of in the pipeline?

  2. Linux networking is pretty efficient by Doug+Merritt · · Score: 3
    Nice FUD moron. If you're jealous of FreeBSD, don't whine about it.

    That wasn't FUD. He said "both are good" (after quoting a sarcastic Linus comment, granted).

    As for the comparison, I share his experience. One of my boxes is an ancient 90 Mhz Pentium running Linux 2.0.x, and it has no problems at all saturating my 100mbps ethernet. E.g. I use it to burn CD's from a master over the net at 4x, which I believe is pushing the limits.

    I've kept the network and that box otherwise fairly quiescent while doing so, figuring there's no point in asking for coasters, but still, it's handling the net, the scsi device, and the CD burner software all at once.

    I personally have no idea if FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD are better or worse in these regards, and it doesn't matter to me (except for being interested in knowing when to recommend one thing or another for various purposes). If Linux didn't exist, I'd be using BSD; I have a personal interest in it.

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