RouterOS does run in virtual environments, super small, and has BGP, OSPF, firewalling, etc., all built right in.
----------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCUME Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of "Learn RouterOS" -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Parr [mailto:jeremyp...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 4:14 PM To: Andrey Khomyakov; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Software router On 1 June 2010 16:50, Andrey Khomyakov <khomyakov.and...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good times! > > We are starting to play around with VMware SRM and they "virtual" > subnets that supposedly have to be able migrate from site to site in > case of a failure of the local hardware (or software). > Seems like to do that I'd have to run a software router on a VM that > would redistribute the "virtual" subnet into the physical routing domain. > does any one have any suggestions for a software router? > > I'm running EIGRP on the net, so I guess nothing will speak that, so > I'd have to redistribute OSPF. Any OSPF software router software > suggestion would be much appreciated. > > Or if anyone had implemented "floating" subnets, any other suggestions > or what to look out for would be also much appreciated. > > Thank all in advance, > Mikrotik would fit the bill.
