Service providers using Quagga

Brad Davis brd at FreeBSD.org
Fri Sep 14 12:55:08 PDT 2007


On 9/14/07, Steve Bertrand <iaccounts at ibctech.ca> wrote:
> First off, sorry to cross-post, but *isp@ does not see much traffic.
>
> I'm wondering if there are any network service providers here that run
> any of their routing infrastructure within Quagga running on FreeBSD.
>
> I'd like to know what software alternatives are deployed out in the
> field, and how large a shop utilizes such software methods
> instead/combined with standard hardware router offerings.
>
> If this is a relatively common practice out there, what size environment
> do you run it in, and at what level within your network?

Hi Steve,

I know a lot of people that are switching away form Quagga to the
OpenBSD tools, such as OpenBGPd and OpenOSPFd. I prefer these tools
since they seem to be more lightweight than Quagga and are pretty easy
to setup.


Regards,
Brad Davis


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