[freebsd-isp] Temporary Routing/Switching backup with Backplane and multiple switch cards...

[Howard Jones]

Martes G Wigglesworth wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone else has attempted to compliment their routing 
> devices or switching devices with a back-plane and multiple switch cards or 
> E1/T1 cards with any success? Meaning that it was worth the trouble to build.
>
> This seems a bit useless initially, however, I am doing some research into 
> this for quick-fix disaster recovery systems in case the 3800s are down, 
> etc...   A bit home-grown, but would like to know if the design idea would be 
> viable and not just a costly home-grown project...  Maybe for a small point of 
> present in a wireless environment which has multiple E1/T1 drops to terminate 
> for back-haul transfer central management stations, etc... 
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You mean like these?
   http://www.vyatta.com/
   http://www.xorp.org/
   http://www.freesco.org/
All are "software routers" various levels of hardware support for (e.g.) 
Sangoma E1/T1 cards.

Plenty of people use Quagga+Linux or Quagga+FreeBSD (Quagga is the 
BGP/OSPF component most of these uses) for peering/transit. PC hardware 
will route over 100Mbit quite happily.