> > I haven't used BGP with it, but with OSPF and RIP, it has problems.
> 	well, it's open source, we know what to do. :)
> 	buying Cisco gear (even used) would probably put the 
> whole affair out of the price range of anything but a 
> commercial enterprise.

Yeah, well there are plenty of other manufacturers out there that make
comparable routers at 1/3 the price of Cisco.  Don't get me wrong, I think
they make a decent product, but it's way overpriced, even with a fat
discount.


> 	personally, I"m in favor of the "90% solution". knowing 
> that the last 10% of performance (speed, reliability, 
> whatever) often costs 10x as much, I'm in favor of building 
> something as cheaply as reasonable (not necessarily as 
> cheaply as possible), that can be grown with better equipment 
> as it becomes available. 
> 	first let's make it work, then let's make it work well. :)

Awww yeah, linux and BSD routers.  :)