> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:28:30 -0700 > From: Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Yuri Lukin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070920 16:49] wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:24:09 -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote > > > > > > Juniper is based on FreeBSD. ;-) > > > > > > > On old code from the 4.x days I think, right? > > In the current release, yes. > > Would you like a router based on 5.x? :)
I would like to see NOTHING running anything that looked too much like 5.x. And I can't really think the 6.x (while much better that 5) would be a good choice for a route processor. I really, really hope that Juniper does update to 7.x in about a year, though. Routers still tend to run older CPUs in their route engines (and I don't just mean Juniper), but sooner or later they will start running on dual-core CPUs as requirements of routing in the increasingly complex Internet require more from the RE and, when that day arrives, 7.X is likely to become an urgent requirement. I rather suspect that Alfred is aware of the issues. It's also worth noting that, while JunOS is based on 4, it has many things from newer versions that they (Juniper) retrofitted into the system. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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