CIDR FAQ

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>  From: jon at branch.com (Jon Zeeff)
>  Subject: Re: CIDR FAQ
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>  > BTW Any BSD4.4 based *NIX (NetBSD, FreeBSD, etc) *does* do CIDR.
>  
>  Another reason why some people are thinking that workstations and generic
>  micros sometimes look pretty good as replacements for "real" routers.
>
>  You get software that works, full source code, faster CPUs, and fewer 
>  memory limitations.  At a cost low enough to get a "free" spare.  
>  
>Look, I really hate to sound like I have sour grapes,  but this thread
>keeps coming up and I all hear about the PC router issue is a lot of 
>talk about price and CPUs,  but I don't actually hear any operational
>experience about them.
>
>PCs have been around for years, and even 4.4+reno/gated boxes have been
>around as long as cisco/bgp4 boxes.  If they really are such a great value,
>why the hell aren't "those evil router vendors" out of business in the
>Internet market yet?
>
>Call me thin skinned,  but this is really starting to get old.
>I would like to personally see the folks who keep extoling the virtues of
>roll-your-own solutions either put up or shut up.
>
>Can we kindly return this thread to: "What boxes don't do classless routing?"
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>

Here, Here!

daniel