> > I haven't used BGP with it, but with OSPF and RIP, it has problems. > well, it's open source, we know what to do. :) > buying Cisco gear (even used) would probably put the > whole affair out of the price range of anything but a > commercial enterprise. Yeah, well there are plenty of other manufacturers out there that make comparable routers at 1/3 the price of Cisco. Don't get me wrong, I think they make a decent product, but it's way overpriced, even with a fat discount. > personally, I"m in favor of the "90% solution". knowing > that the last 10% of performance (speed, reliability, > whatever) often costs 10x as much, I'm in favor of building > something as cheaply as reasonable (not necessarily as > cheaply as possible), that can be grown with better equipment > as it becomes available. > first let's make it work, then let's make it work well. :) Awww yeah, linux and BSD routers. :)