> > Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:32:10 -0500 > From: Ray Soucy <r...@maine.edu> > To: Rob Seastrom <r...@seastrom.com> > Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: Meraki > Message-ID: > < > calftrnppbqlhrrdkmnt1nz8wi0k3b6kemt9tbgns-wfrhqs...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It looks like Brocade has swapped out Quagga with IP Infusion's non-free > version, ZebOS. They also decided to abandon the FOSS Vyatta Core project. >
A number of years back it was interesting to see Vyatta switch from XORP [0] to Quagga. I found out quite a while after they made the move. Bummer. This move by Brocade is unfortunate. > > It's really unfortunate, as the FOSS project is the only reason I was > interested in paying the licensing. It was attractive to have Vyatta Core > as a no-cost option for small things, and the subscription edition for > higher visibility devices. Now that they've moved away from having any > FOSS project, I'm not really inclined to invest in the product, I'm sure > there are others who feel the same way. > There is a group of people who were active in the Vyatta community trying > to get a fork of it going under the name VyOS, http://www.vyos.net/ Thanks for pointing out VyOS. > > > As far as Ubiquiti, it looks like about 2 years ago they actually hired a > few people from Vyatta, Inc. to work on EdgeOS. So development of EdgeOS > has continued [and likely will continue] independently, though it looks > like at least a few people from UBNT are interested in seeing VyOS happen > and participating on their own time. I know one of the early goals for > VyOS is to get the documentation up on their Wiki and have a release of the > current Vyatta Core with the name swapped out as a starting point. > For those of you that purchased EdgeRouter Lite (ERLite-3) [2] units recently, do they come in plastic enclosure or the steel enclosure like the EdgeRouter PoE (ERPoe-5) [3] units? We got a few of each in at the office at different times (first ERL and later ERPoe). Just curious. I guess I'm spoiled ... I like the metal case much better than the plastic ones. Once I saw the case of the PoE model and saw the new pictures [4] for the ERL on Ubiquiti's site I've been holding out purchasing an ERL for my home. I should bug our distributor, but I doubt they'd know since they aren't opening the boxes prior to shipment. Although a commercial alternative, Mikrotik hardware (ex: RB750GL [1]) and OS is attractive. It appears all Mikrotik "integrated solutions" include some sort of enclosure (see www.routerboard.com). The CLI takes some getting used to, but the syntax makes sense after a while. ;) There's also a webui called webfig and a Windows client called Winbox. > > I really hope the VyOS project can get off the ground. If any developers > familiar with maintaining Debian-based distributions are on-list, I know > the project is looking for people to help. > > +1 I hope VyOS project succeeds. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XORP [1] http://routerboard.com/RB750GL [2] http://www.ubnt.com/media/product/edgemax/hardware-overview/edgerouter-lite-1.jpg [3] http://www.ubnt.com/media/product/edgemax/hardware-overview/edgerouter-poe-1.jpg [4] http://www.ubnt.com/edgemax#EdgeMAXhardware -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //
