Hi all,

i'm new to MT, tried to read some discussions but no solution found.

I have 2*100mbit peers to different ISPs and want to use MT as a border router. Is MT good for that purpose? What kind of hardware (Cpu and memory) is recommended?

Thank you all

Excellent for that use. Use a P4 2.8 (no need of hyperthreading) get youself a good intel or supermicro mobo like p4sct+ (we use that) and an Intel pro1000 dual which can go on the pci-x and you will be able to take a good hit.

1GB ram is more than enough
USe std IDE drive (no sata)

USe std IDE drive (no sata)

What is the need of a drive?

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Rephrase your question please.

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Rephrase your question please.

If I use a 128 MB IDE Flash module with xxx licence, do I need a hard drive on the pc?

The purpose of the project is a high available BGP router with load balancing... can I do this with 1 router or do I need more?

For high availability is it better to use VRRP or to have heavy hardware redundance on 1 machine?

no, hard drive is not required if you have a IDE Flash. IDE flash will probably be faster.

If I use a 128 MB IDE Flash module with xxx licence, do I need a hard drive on the pc?

The purpose of the project is a high available BGP router with load balancing... can I do this with 1 router or do I need more?

For high availability is it better to use VRRP or to have heavy hardware redundance on 1 machine?

I dont know about vrrp . I tried using it but it doesnt work well at all with bgp. Maybe normis can shed some light.

I use drives because they are not as hard to find OR replace.

I use drives because they are not as hard to find OR replace.

Why doesn't MT sell Flash IDE without MT licence?
I could use 'em in RAID1, or not?

Why doesn't MT sell Flash IDE without MT licence?
I could use 'em in RAID1, or not?

dont know ask MT about IDE ...
as far as raid1 goes MT wont support it anyway with drives. I dont think it will be supported with flash either

So:
-no support for raid
-no support for multi threading
-no support more than 1GB memory
-no 64bit
-VRRP not working at its best with BGP(?)

is it right?

The only way to have a very high available routing system is:

- 1 BGP router for first peer
- 1 BGP router for second peer
- 1 router for load balancing the 2 peers

each one:
- max 1 GB memory ECC(?)
- IDE interface (maybe for flash disk)
- P4 2.6 (no HT) or AMD64
- redundant power supply

Please suggest me any configuration with only one Router (or two for working VRRP).

Tahnk you all

So:
-no support for raid
-no support for multi threading
-no support more than 1GB memory
-no 64bit
-VRRP not working at its best with BGP(?)

is it right?

The only way to have a very high available routing system is:

- 1 BGP router for first peer
- 1 BGP router for second peer
- 1 router for load balancing the 2 peers

each one:
- max 1 GB memory ECC(?)
- IDE interface (maybe for flash disk)
- P4 2.6 (no HT) or AMD64
- redundant power supply

Please suggest me any configuration with only one Router (or two for working VRRP).

Tahnk you all

I think it supports more than 1GB memory.
- P4 2.6 (no HT) or AMD64 ---- p4 3ghz will be my choice just disable HT from the bios.

- 1 BGP router for first peer - 1 BGP router for second peer

We run only 1BGP for both peers and one router hot standby with scripts ready to go when we want it to be master.


As far as raid is considered it pretty much just adds overhead to the OS. IF you go with flash better than raid because drive based systems are prone to higher failure

- 1 BGP router for first peer - 1 BGP router for second peer

We run only 1BGP for both peers and one router hot standby with scripts ready to go when we want it to be master.

So you are not using VRRP, only dedicated scripts for the backup router, is it right? Are you using watchdog for this?