Itechtip : Cheaper Open-source router hardware solution for midrange companies
First, you could have Linux on the WRT54G Linksys router. Now just add Linux to a PC and run it as a router. Free software and cheap hardware means you don't have to rely on Cisco for reliable routing software or hardware anymore. Bring on the open -source routing solutions because I'm all for it. At least its not some copy cat routing software that looks similar to Cisco's.
Vyatta, an open-source router company, released the first beta version of its WAN router code last week, with the goal of becoming the networking equivalent of Linux or Firefox, but taking aim at Cisco instead of Microsoft.
Users can build a Vyatta router by downloading a CD image from the company's Web site and installing it on PC hardware. The company works with partners such as Sangoma, which makes T-1 and T-3 WAN interface cards for x86 PC systems, and plans to announce more hardware partners soon. While built on consumer PC technology, Roberts says Vyatta platforms will be robust enough for business networks.
"For branch office to enterprise midrange routing, a standard x86 PC will do a lot of what you want and more," he says.
Open-source router firm looks to take on Cisco, Juniper source
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