[TriLUG] Suggested Router OS? may be OT.

[Michael Peters]

Alan Porter wrote:
>> We've been using CENTOS in our lab environment to set up "pizza box"
>> routers. My feeling is that this install is too heavy...

Before making a big change like switching OS you should probably have more than a feeling. Why is it 
too heavy?

> If CentOS works for your routers, then that sounds like a fine
> solution to me. 

Me too.

>  If there is a reason to shrink (small disk space,
> running from flash, constrained memory, too many services running,
> load is high), then shrink or find another distro. 

If disk space is your reason, you can create a custom version of an RH based distro using something 
like Revisor: http://revisor.fedoraunity.org/

But if it's memor or the # of services running, then simply shut down what you don't need. The nice 
thing about having a full feature distro like CentOS is that you can shut off (and remove) what you 
don't want. But if you ever need it again, it's just few keyboard clicks away.

-- 
Michael Peters
Plus Three, LP