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Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell

Vyatta airs Linux-based routing appliance based on Dell hardware
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Vyatta is offering its Open Flexible Router (OFR) software preinstalled on =
*
Dell* <http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/dell.html> server
appliances. One of these devices is scheduled to come online this week on
the *network* <http://mail.google.com/mail/l> of Adify, a small San Bruno,
Calif., company that provides advertising services for Web publishers and
advertisers.

"We're taking several measured steps with the Vyatta product" to replace
some pieces of Cisco infrastructure, says Charles Stewart, vice president o=
f
operations for Adify.

The first step took place this summer, when the company moved its Asterisk
VoIP system =97 which serves 35 internal users and 10 remote users =97 to a
Vyatta box on a separate network segment. Adify was running VoIP and data
traffic through its Cisco PIX firewall and a 2600 access router, but decide=
d
to segregate the networks for better voice quality.

The company's next step, which is set to take place this week, involves
deactivating its Cisco PIX and replacing it with a Vyatta OFR appliance,
which includes stateful packet inspection firewall features. The company's
network manager, Thor Myhrstad, built its first Vyatta box from scratch, bu=
t
says, "We wanted to move quickly on (removing the PIX), which is why we
chose to get Vyatta as an appliance this time."

The new Vyatta appliances are based on Dell PowerEdge 850 servers =97 a
single-rack-unit box with a 2.8GHz *Intel*
<http://mail.google.com/mail/l>Celeron processor, 256MB of memory and
dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. A single
PCI-X slot is available for the various WAN interface cards that can be
preinstalled on the router. (Vyatta uses PCI-X-based T-1 and T-3 cards from
Sangoma). The $1,800 package includes a one-year support subscription for
OFR, which is based on the eXtensible Open Router Platform, an open source
routing stack, and a hardened Linux operating system.

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Abdul Karim Saleh

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<br clear=3D"all"><b><font size=3D"6">
<p>Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell</p></fo=
nt><font size=3D"4">
<p>Vyatta airs Linux-based routing appliance based on Dell hardware</p></fo=
nt></b>
<p>Vyatta is offering its Open Flexible Router (OFR) software preinstalled =
on <a href=3D"http://www.networkworld.com/news/financial/dell.html"><u><fon=
t color=3D"#0000ff">Dell</font></u></a> server appliances. One of these dev=
ices is scheduled to come online this week on the=20
<a href=3D"http://mail.google.com/mail/l"><u><font color=3D"#0000ff">networ=
k</font></u></a> of Adify, a small San Bruno, Calif., company that provides=
 advertising services for Web publishers and advertisers. </p>
<p>&quot;We're taking several measured steps with the Vyatta product&quot; =
to replace some pieces of Cisco infrastructure, says Charles Stewart, vice =
president of operations for Adify. </p>
<p>The first step took place this summer, when the company moved its Asteri=
sk VoIP system =97 which serves 35 internal users and 10 remote users =97 t=
o a Vyatta box on a separate network segment. Adify was running VoIP and da=
ta traffic through its Cisco PIX firewall and a 2600 access router, but dec=
ided to segregate the networks for better voice quality.=20
</p>
<p>The company's next step, which is set to take place this week, involves =
deactivating its Cisco PIX and replacing it with a Vyatta OFR appliance, wh=
ich includes stateful packet inspection firewall features. The company's ne=
twork manager, Thor Myhrstad, built its first Vyatta box from scratch, but =
says, &quot;We wanted to move quickly on (removing the PIX), which is why w=
e chose to get Vyatta as an appliance this time.&quot;=20
</p>
<p>The new Vyatta appliances are based on Dell PowerEdge 850 servers =97 a =
single-rack-unit box with a 2.8GHz <a href=3D"http://mail.google.com/mail/l=
"><u><font color=3D"#0000ff">Intel</font></u></a> Celeron processor, 256MB =
of memory and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. A single PCI-X slot is available=
 for the various WAN interface cards that can be preinstalled on the router=
. (Vyatta uses PCI-X-based T-1 and T-3 cards from Sangoma). The $1,800 pack=
age includes a one-year support subscription for OFR, which is based on the=
 eXtensible Open Router Platform, an open source routing stack, and a harde=
ned Linux operating system.=20
</p><br>-- <br>Abdul Karim Saleh=20

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