Routers: Cisco vs. Linux?

[Keith Morse]

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:

> Keith Morse wrote:
> > Depends on the complexity of route tables, thinking BGP here, net-filter 
> > rule-sets, and the number of hosts behind the nat'ing interfaces.  I run a 
> > slightly less complex firewall, 7 Ethernet interfaces with 3 of those 
> > seeing the most use.  It's a celeron 500 with 128 Mb ram and rarely see .1 
> > in system load.  Services about 200-250 hosts and all are nat'ed and it 
> > support ~ 6 ipsec vpns.
> 
> Thanks. Sounds like system performance is not that critical.
> 

Typically, but it all depends on what you're asking the firewall to do.


And the following is a post from the isp-linux list that has some merit 
and coincidence to this thread.  Looks like a "atta boy" for Cyclades.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:51:02 -0600
From: Robert Canary <phantom at ohiocounty.net>
Reply-To: isp-linux at isp-linux.com
To: isp-linux at isp-linux.com
Subject: Cyclade Customer Support

Wow!!

I had a mishap with my one of my Cyclom-Ye-16 port
external serial modules.  All my dialup was dead.
{Major Panic}

I was combing through ebay, and any other source I
could think of, to get one on order and over
nighted.

I called Cyclades, and told them I was interested
in any refurbed units, or units that may even have
  one/two missing ports, but I need it overnight,
urgently.

She put me intouch with their regional sales rep,
who put in a call to the Custumer Service Manager,
who called back within 1.5 hours.

He set me on an advanced replacemnet service,
charged me %12 of a new system, and sent it FedEx
overnight, I got it this morning and I'm back up
and going.  I send the defective units back, and
they keep them after repair.

Man that was so cool.... I thought I was looking
at another $1300 out of pocket to get this thing
going agin.

What can I say.....Job very well done Cyclades.
(Mac and Jeff)

--
robert