[Xorp-users] Hardware Question

[Kristian Larsson]

Whops, I messed up a bit there (forgot cc:ing the list)....

anyway, I think (and this is more of a gut feeling than hard facts) that most
people that use xorp at all use it for testing and development.

I myself would not put xorp in production yet, mostly because I need support
for both OSPF and BGP. XORP lack neither but the BGP policy framework is
brand new and this is something I use quite heavily and thus I need it to be
rock solid.

Don't get me wrong, xorp is still a great piece of software and I'm following
it's progress very closely.

According to the roadmap, version 1.2 should be released in August. Hopefully
it will and hopefully it will support bgp policies and be quite stable at it.
I will probably put it in a "production-test" at a less crucial point in my
network to see how it behaves.

You should try it out for yourself and listen to others experiences.

Regards,
Kristian

On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 01:44:39PM -0400, Sheahan, John wrote:
> Thanks for the site...that definitely answered my question.
> 
> I was wondering if there is currently anyone who is running XORP on
> routers in a production network consisting of 30 or more routers? I'm
> just trying to get a feel of the role XORP is currently playing.
> 
> thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristian Larsson [mailto:kristian@juniks.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 12:24 PM
> To: Sheahan, John
> Subject: Re: [Xorp-users] Hardware Question
> 
> First of all, xorp merely sits on top of your os and speaks a few
> different
> routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP. It really has nothing to do with
> the
> interfaces.
> 
> Five years ago, a T1/E1 interface would be typical to have for a small
> router
> and a HSSI for a larger one. Nowadays (at least here in Sweden) we don't
> use
> those anymore. Almost all equipment have (Fast)Ethernet either copper or
> fibre based. But I bet that wasn't the answer you were looking for.
> 
> I've used sbeis products (http://www.sbei.net/). They're rather
> expensive,
> but all HSSI products are. The prices today are far from what they were
> when
> I bought them so I can't even begin guessing but they're not on the
> level
> with youre average NIC ;)
> Check out their site and you should be able to locate a reseller.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> /Kristian
> 
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 12:06:43PM -0400, Sheahan, John wrote:
> > I'm new to XORP and wanted to clear up my first question...where do I
> > get the typical types of hardware interfaces that a router would need
> > such as serial, HSSI etc... and how much do they cost for a PC?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> 
>