Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:49:14 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telecom Message-ID: <200608021749.16149.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20060802131420.79edspqrwgok4s8s@216.219.94.118> References: <20060802131420.79edspqrwgok4s8s@216.219.94.118>
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On Wednesday 02 August 2006 14:14, root@rithy4u.net wrote: > Dear All, > > Can we use FreeBSD in Telecom industry? If I want to build an Internet > Backbone which connect across country in asia. Is it suitable? How is > its stability of routing compare to Cisco? Internet backbone router don't run packets through conventional network stacks, they run the packets through asics or special network processors. FreeBSD could run on the control processor of such a router, but it would need a considerable amount of additional proprietory software and microcode.
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