FreeBSD, quagga (BGP) and 2950 VLANs

[Daniel Pocock]

Hi,

I've been told that FreeBSD performs routing computations in linear 
time, even with large routing tables (such as from BGP), and that it is 
therefore superior to Linux for use as a border router.  Is this so, and 
are there any specific documents I should review about the performance 
of FreeBSD routing?

As I haven't used FreeBSD before (I've been using Debian for about 10 
years), I am wanting to make sure my expectations are not unreasonable.

I've discovered that there is the 4.11 release and the 5.4 release.  Are 
there any compelling reasons why I should choose one of these over the 
other, for my intended application?  The only application I will be 
running is quagga. 

I'm planning to connect the FreeBSD server to a trunk port on a Cisco 
2950 and put each interconnected IP provider into a separate VLAN.  The 
documentation I've read so far suggests that FreeBSD is happy with VLANs 
- will this arrangement work and will it have any significant effect on 
performance?

Regards,

Daniel

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