From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] Linux as T1 router
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:00:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45A8595E.6050905@riverviewtech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF0C58DC72.F48C60D8-ON86257261.0064B203-86257261.0065350A@it-procorp.com>
On 01/12/07 12:25, gerryw@it-procorp.com wrote:
> I am thinking about using a linux server as a T1 router. I have searched
> the list, but have not found a discussion about what I'm trying to do. I
> have a situation where the Cisco router I'm using will not handle the
> additional bandwidth I added recently. Unfortunately, I cannot afford
> the Cisco unit that will. I would like to know if anyone has
> successfully done this. I have been looking at the Sangoma T1 cards.
> Would anyone be so kind as to share their experience in this area. Any
> advice would be much appreciated.
What you are proposing should not be a problem at all. I personally
have not used Linux as a T1 router (yet). Consider if you will that
there are people using Linux to filter / bridge / rate limit / you name
it with gigabit network interfaces, so I don't think the 1.5 Mbps that a
T1 will present will be a problem at all. My only concern would be in
which card you choose and what sort of interface it presents to the
system in addition to what sort of management tools you have available.
I would recommend that you try to stay away from proprietary vendor
provided drivers. Not that they will not work, but how many different
kernel versions will they support? Will you be able to do what you want
to do with it down the road, or will you be locked in to a specific
configuration?
Just my $.02 worth.
Grant. . . .
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-13 4:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-12 18:25 [LARTC] Linux as T1 router gerryw
2007-01-13 4:00 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2007-01-13 5:03 ` David Sims
2007-01-14 18:00 ` Martin A. Brown
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