[aklug] Re: RouterBoard

Begging your pardon Christopher, but I didn't see any requests for
information in your post, just a 'hey, check this out' with 3 links. The
response was commensurate with your post and completely on topic.

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Christopher Howard <
christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:49:04 -0800
> William McKinney <wdmckinney@me.com> wrote:
>
> > Mikrotik has been around for a long time, and is quite proprietary.
> >
> > a.
> >
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/376717/how-to-set-up-a-linux-server-as-a-router
> > b. http://www.lartc.org/ c.http://www.zeroshell.org/
> > d. https://openwrt.org
> > e. http://www.freesco.org/
> >
> >
>
> Forgive me a touch of frustration... it is all nice and wonderful to
> be able to throw out a list of several of the dozen or two Linux
> router distros out there... but it would be more helpful if we could
> point to one or two of them that actually sold ready to go hardware,
> with software pre-installed, and transceiver modules ready to be
> plugged in, to meet your middle-sized business or enterprise needs.
>
> Say, I find out I am going to need 12 VLANs, with fiber trunks, and
> router-on-stick, and OSPF, and radius authentication, and ACLs, and
> port security, and config sharing, and neighbor discovery, etc.,
> etc... Personally, I'd like to be able to look at Web page that lists
> all the specs of the hardware, the prices, along with reassurances
> that the software is preinstalled, with all necessary drivers
> functioning, and the system has a straightforward and reasonably easy
> to master interface.
>
> For a guy who is in the process of getting into the Net Tech field, it
> seems like we are really falling short in this area. If I'm wrong, I'd
> be glad to learn more about what's out there...
>
> (Somebody else mentioned VyOS... Again, if you can point me to the
> vendor site with hardware specs and prices, I'd be grateful.)
>

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Received on Wed Jun 25 16:51:34 2014