Comments on: Open Source Router Launched http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Marc Andreessen Sees Gold Mine in Building Web’s Innards http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-957236 Marc Andreessen Sees Gold Mine in Building Web’s Innards Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:02:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-957236 <p>[...] the past, we have written about companies such as Vyatta, which are taking on Cisco by building an open-source router. This trend is only going to gather [...]</p> [...] the past, we have written about companies such as Vyatta, which are taking on Cisco by building an open-source router. This trend is only going to gather [...]

]]> By: Simon http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58295 Simon Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:14:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58295 <p>Quagga (http://www.quagga.net) is deployed and used for years by many router vendors and big telecom equipment providers. I saw quagga beeing used on network processors that were processing more than 4 Mpps! The smart bit was not powerfull enough, but it seemed that 20 Mpps could be reached.</p> <p>FYI, there is a company, 6WIND (http://www.6wind.com), who provides commercial support and maintenance of Quagga. They contribute to quagga too. Moreover, they have many extensions.</p> Quagga (http://www.quagga.net) is deployed and used for years by many router vendors and big telecom equipment providers. I saw quagga beeing used on network processors that were processing more than 4 Mpps! The smart bit was not powerfull enough, but it seemed that 20 Mpps could be reached.

FYI, there is a company, 6WIND (http://www.6wind.com), who provides commercial support and maintenance of Quagga. They contribute to quagga too. Moreover, they have many extensions.

]]> By: dailywireless.org » Open Source Routers http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58293 dailywireless.org » Open Source Routers Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:28:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58293 <p>[...] series of open source projects are tackling high-end switches and wireless networking. She says Vyatta and Digium have based their entire business model on open source software. Digium is the original [...]</p> [...] series of open source projects are tackling high-end switches and wireless networking. She says Vyatta and Digium have based their entire business model on open source software. Digium is the original [...]

]]> By: Locky http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58291 Locky Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:59:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58291 <p>Hi Guys,</p> <p>I have been using Quagga router. Running smooth and as powerful to Cisco 7200. :) So, how will Vyatta position itself compared to Quagga??</p> <p>I am interested to know.</p> <p>Locky</p> Hi Guys,

I have been using Quagga router. Running smooth and as powerful to Cisco 7200. :) So, how will Vyatta position itself compared to Quagga??

I am interested to know.

Locky

]]> By: Anthony Papillion http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58289 Anthony Papillion Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:13:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58289 <p>Rui Carmo:</p> <p>My company is offering a rackable version of this right now. Contact me if you'd like to know more: anthonypapillion@cableone.net or (918) 926-0139.</p> Rui Carmo:

My company is offering a rackable version of this right now. Contact me if you’d like to know more: anthonypapillion@cableone.net or (918) 926-0139.

]]> By: Khyron http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58287 Khyron Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:52:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58287 <p>Ummm, did I miss something?</p> <p>http://www.zebra.org AND http://www.ipinfusion.com/</p> <p>Zebra has been around for years (still to do a 1.x release yet though) and has corporate support. I guess no one noticed them because they're in Japan (ipInfusion and most of the Zebra developers, who are mostly ipInfusion employees).</p> <p>So my big question is what is the difference between Vyatta (and Zebra) vs. ipInfusion (and XORP)? Looks like the separator is a capital infusion from major VC backers, geography, and the culture related to the geography.</p> Ummm, did I miss something?

http://www.zebra.org AND http://www.ipinfusion.com/

Zebra has been around for years (still to do a 1.x release yet though) and has corporate support. I guess no one noticed them because they’re in Japan (ipInfusion and most of the Zebra developers, who are mostly ipInfusion employees).

So my big question is what is the difference between Vyatta (and Zebra) vs. ipInfusion (and XORP)? Looks like the separator is a capital infusion from major VC backers, geography, and the culture related to the geography.

]]> By: Hong http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58286 Hong Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:06:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58286 <p>Open Source wave in Telecom is starting to take off coupling with the open platform momentum in AdvancedTCA, BladeCenter technologies. Redhat recently also announced their solution for telecom. </p> <p>However, one of the key attribute in any telco application is carrier-grade or high availability of the system as well as manageability. OpenClovis is a carrier-grade open Source middleware providing such features. You can check them out at www.openclovis.org.</p> Open Source wave in Telecom is starting to take off coupling with the open platform momentum in AdvancedTCA, BladeCenter technologies. Redhat recently also announced their solution for telecom.

However, one of the key attribute in any telco application is carrier-grade or high availability of the system as well as manageability. OpenClovis is a carrier-grade open Source middleware providing such features. You can check them out at http://www.openclovis.org.

]]> By: Richard http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58285 Richard Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:42:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58285 <p>Vyatta is in a different market to Linksys and similar routers, but don't underestimate the sheer dynamism of the open source firmware people, and their ability to get Linux router firmware onto virtually any platform. A standard Linksys with 200 MHz MIPS CPU is much faster than many older Cisco customer premises routers, and the software is amazingly capable - VoIP, VPN, firewalling, packet analysis (tcpdump), IPv6, etc, etc. And there's already a library of installable packages, just like Red Hat or Debian, borrowed from Linux on iPaq efforts. See http://www.dd-wrt.com/ for one of the more popular firmwares with a good configuration GUI.</p> Vyatta is in a different market to Linksys and similar routers, but don’t underestimate the sheer dynamism of the open source firmware people, and their ability to get Linux router firmware onto virtually any platform. A standard Linksys with 200 MHz MIPS CPU is much faster than many older Cisco customer premises routers, and the software is amazingly capable – VoIP, VPN, firewalling, packet analysis (tcpdump), IPv6, etc, etc. And there’s already a library of installable packages, just like Red Hat or Debian, borrowed from Linux on iPaq efforts. See http://www.dd-wrt.com/ for one of the more popular firmwares with a good configuration GUI.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58273 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:22:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58273 <p>Hasan, the WRT54g is a consumer product that sells for < $100. The Vyatta product as well as the others mentioned in comments are meant to compete with the Cisco commercial offerings that run proprietary Cisco software like IOS and cost thousands, sometimes many tens of thousands, of dollars.</p> Hasan, the WRT54g is a consumer product that sells for < $100. The Vyatta product as well as the others mentioned in comments are meant to compete with the Cisco commercial offerings that run proprietary Cisco software like IOS and cost thousands, sometimes many tens of thousands, of dollars.

]]> By: Hasan http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58271 Hasan Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:42:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58271 <p>Hasn't Linksys been using open-source in (at least) their WRT54g for some time now?</p> Hasn’t Linksys been using open-source in (at least) their WRT54g for some time now?

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58269 Steve Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:42:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58269 <p>True on quagga, gated and others. But, how many have a company with support to back them up? Any word on packing this with a rackable PC so I can swap out my costly ciscos?</p> True on quagga, gated and others. But, how many have a company with support to back them up? Any word on packing this with a rackable PC so I can swap out my costly ciscos?

]]> By: Rui Carmo http://gigaom.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58267 Rui Carmo Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:30:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/vyatta/#comment-58267 <p>Erm…</p> <p>You know, <a href="http://www.quagga.net/" rel="nofollow">Quagga</a> and its predecessors have been around for a while (and are humming silently away in many a networking shop where a dedicated box simply wasn't cost effective).</p> Erm…

You know, Quagga and its predecessors have been around for a while (and are humming silently away in many a networking shop where a dedicated box simply wasn’t cost effective).

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