FYI this topic has been covered on the Zebra and Quagga lists - hardware processors, memory, NICs, etc - software OS (Linux, *BSD), drivers, etc I''ve been running a couple of Linux routers for about 2 years now, I''m using them as core routers so I bought a couple of rackmount "server" boxes with redundant PSUs and h/w RAID (1) for hotswap disks. I''m using a couple of Adaptec Quartet66 NICs in each, that gives me 2 x 1GbE (on mobo) and 8 x 10/100 Mb ports per box. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: lartc-admin@mailman.ds9a.nl [mailto:lartc-admin@mailman.ds9a.nl] On Behalf Of Nicholas Erkert Sent: 08 July 2004 22:44 To: lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl Subject: Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread Glen Mabey wrote:> On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:07:57PM -0400, Jos? Ildefonso CamargoTolosa wrote:> >>you can use an Athlon >>64 with DDR RAM and very good network hardware (that is very, very >>important) > > > Regarding NICs, are there any recommendations out there for which > manufacturers to go with? I don''t need anything faster than 100baseT. > > I would think that Intel and 3Com would be in the "reliable" category,> and RTL-based cards in the "forget it" category. > > On the Intel note, I wonder what experience y''all have had with the > two different drivers for the EtherExpressPro/100 card. That is, > eepro100 versus e100. I would think that noone would take the time to> rewrite a driver if there wasn''t anything wrong with the original one. > > Thank you-- > Glen Mabey >I have had some good luck with Intel cards using either drivers. I haven''t noticed much difference between them but I haen''t done a lot of stress testing on them. On a side note has anyone built a linux router with dual/quad port ethernet cards (ie Intel PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter)? --Nick Erkert _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this email and document(s) attached are for the exclusive use of the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the recipient of this email is not the addressee, such recipient is strictly prohibited from reading, photocopying, distribution or otherwise using this email or its contents in any way. Please notify the Sapiens (UK) Ltd. Systems Administrator via e-mail immediately at networksupport@sapiens.co.uk, if you have received this email in error. Disclaimer: The views, opinions and guidelines contained in this confidential e-mail are those of the originating author and may not be representative of Sapiens (UK) Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
Hi!> Message: 9 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:51:40 -0600 To: LARTC Mailing List <lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl> Subject: Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread Reply-To: Glen.Mabey@usu.edu From: Glen Mabey <glen@mabeys.dsl.aros.net> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:35:22AM -0400, Alfie Viechweg wrote: > >>> Regarding building your own router/switch. You might want to check out >>> www.routerboard.com for a >>> really reasonably priced 4 port NIC. > > > I had no idea this type of board existed! (forgive my excitement) > > Alfie, have you used the Routerboard 230 or 240 products? > Anyone else? > > Could anyone else recommend other manufacturers of this type of > hardware: an embedded system board with > * a couple of NICs > * PCMCIA > * runs linuxThis one, and its cheaper: http://www.soekris.com/ you may want to check out: http://www.netgate.com/ (good wireless stuff). I''m trying to buy some of the soekris hardware, but still need to get some more money. :(> > Thanks -- > Glen > > -- ****************************************************************** Glen W. Mabey Glen.Mabey@usu.edu http://mabeys.homelinux.com/glen/ ******************************************************************_______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
Hi!> Message: 9 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:51:40 -0600 To: LARTC Mailing List <lartc@mailman.ds9a.nl> Subject: Re: [LARTC] the "cisco vs. Linux" thread Reply-To: Glen.Mabey@usu.edu From: Glen Mabey <glen@mabeys.dsl.aros.net> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 10:35:22AM -0400, Alfie Viechweg wrote: > >>> Regarding building your own router/switch. You might want to check out >>> www.routerboard.com for a >>> really reasonably priced 4 port NIC. > > > I had no idea this type of board existed! (forgive my excitement) > > Alfie, have you used the Routerboard 230 or 240 products? > Anyone else? > > Could anyone else recommend other manufacturers of this type of > hardware: an embedded system board with > * a couple of NICs > * PCMCIA > * runs linuxThis one, and its cheaper: http://www.soekris.com/ you may want to check out: http://www.netgate.com/ (good wireless stuff). I''m trying to buy some of the soekris hardware, but still need to get some more money. :(> > Thanks -- > Glen > > -- ****************************************************************** Glen W. Mabey Glen.Mabey@usu.edu http://mabeys.homelinux.com/glen/ ******************************************************************_______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
>> Alfie, have you used the Routerboard 230 or 240 products? Anyone else? >> >> Could anyone else recommend other manufacturers of this type of >> hardware: an embedded system board with * a couple of NICs >> * PCMCIA >> * runs linux > > > This one, and its cheaper: > > http://www.soekris.com/Actually, I am really interested in this kind of hardware. But it''s actually not really as cheap as it looks. (Bear in mind I am based in the UK so I am looking post-shipping price) Most of these tiny embeded devices need $20-30 or powersupply, and same again for a case, and a bit of RAM... It looks like around £300 sterling to me all in. However, you can often pickup a bottom of the range Compaq/HP server for that price... (OK, not as small and neat!) There are some really nice and neat little boxes, which would be good for a mid-priced box where you need the grunt. ...But for low end hardware it seems hard to beat the Linksys WRT54GS which is around £50 GPB from ebuyer.... This gets you 32Mb and a 200Mhz processor! (and 2 net cards, a small switch and a wireless radio!) The "S" model is only starting to arrive in the UK so mine''s on backorder, but I think it''s easily available in the US? Ed W _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
Ed Wildgoose wrote:> >>> Alfie, have you used the Routerboard 230 or 240 products? Anyone else? >>> >>> Could anyone else recommend other manufacturers of this type of >>> hardware: an embedded system board with * a couple of NICs >>> * PCMCIA >>> * runs linux >> >> >> >> This one, and its cheaper: >> >> http://www.soekris.com/ > > > > Actually, I am really interested in this kind of hardware. But it''s > actually not really as cheap as it looks. (Bear in mind I am based in > the UK so I am looking post-shipping price) > > Most of these tiny embeded devices need $20-30 or powersupply, and same > again for a case, and a bit of RAM... It looks like around £300No, it have RAM on board (and some of them, flash memory), the power supply is unregulated AC (read the specs), so you can buy it on your country.> sterling to me all in. However, you can often pickup a bottom of the > range Compaq/HP server for that price... (OK, not as small and neat!) > > There are some really nice and neat little boxes, which would be good > for a mid-priced box where you need the grunt. > ...But for low end hardware it seems hard to beat the Linksys WRT54GS > which is around £50 GPB from ebuyer.... This gets you 32Mb and a 200Mhz > processor! (and 2 net cards, a small switch and a wireless radio!)I have used linksys (what a piece of crab), and I still preffer to buy a soekris card and a mini-PCI 802.11g card from netgate. I can install Linux on it, an get a very powerfull router/firewall/vpn. And due that I need it for outdoor mounting, I would buy a nema box. Can you Install Linux/OpenBSD/FreeBSD on it?> > The "S" model is only starting to arrive in the UK so mine''s on > backorder, but I think it''s easily available in the US? > > Ed W >_______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
I just saw a post on the wrt54g yahoo list which was quite interesting. It''s mainly a list of tiny routers, but at the bottom they list some of the other boards like those being discussed here: http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/HardwareComparison The main page here is where I came in. I''m interested in getting a Linksys wrt54gs first for testing. Looks like a 200Mhz processor with 32Mb ram that runs a linux distro. You can install pretty much what you want, although bear in mind it''s a mips architecture. http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LinksysWrt54g _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/