[nylug-talk] Commercial IPv6 routers and linux IPv6 routersdifferences

Vriz vriztll at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 10 03:48:23 EST 2002


Thanks, Chris and Alex.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Pilosov" <alex at pilosoft.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nylug-talk] Commercial IPv6 routers and linux IPv6
routersdifferences


> Uh, its about same difference as between commercial and linux ipv4
> routers.
>
> Commercial: You have support, documentation, a straightforward
> configuration. Usually have specialized ASICs that do hardware packet
> forwarding, offloading the main CPU.
>
> Linux: You can tweak it to your heart's content. Limited by off-the-shelf
> hardware.
>
> -alex
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Vriz wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > May I know what are the differences between commercial ipv6 routers and
linux IPv6 routers (set up using normal PC)?
> > What are the advantages of commercial ones over the linux ones?
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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