* Kirc Gover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070906 11:10] wrote: > We are in the stage of planning and research for a commercial development of > an edge router that will be based mostly on OpenSource software. I would like > to solicit for information and recommendation if FreeBSD is a suitable OS. > The router is expected to withstand forwarding of sustained traffic from > 10Mbps to 1Gbps and maybe more than that. Are there any known limitations of > FreeBSD in terms of architecture and performance? Can I just take out a > FreeBSD as is and put it with the hardware without any specific or major > refinements in its code? I'm very much concerned with its capability in > forwarding heavy sustained traffic. Packet loss should be at minimum and > critical userland processes should working normally even under heavy load. > Are there any known specific limitations of FreeBSD? I have browsed through > the archives and found a lot of hangups, deadlocks and freeze issues. What is > the usual or minimum hardware requirement? Is soekris box enough, or dual > core or ASIC > based platforms? I'm aware that there are so many FreeBSD based routers and > network based devices in the market. Is this a way to go over realtime and > embedded OS such as VxWorks and others (mostly commercial) without putting > the licensing cost in picture? I really appreciate any help, suggestions and > recommendations. More power to FreeBSD! > > Thanks > Kirc
Kirc, do some research into Juniper routers. :) 1gps shouldn't be a problem for FreeBSD, however you may have to do some custom tweaks that I can't get into for obvious reasons. I don't think a soekris would be sufficient for 1Gbps, however a mid-range to high-end PC with good NICS and smart software should suffice. I think going with FreeBSD would be a great choice. -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
