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Howto: Setup a Mac Mini as a BGP Router
Thinking Differently… An update on our Mac Mini Routers at LINX
We have been quiet for a while on the subject of the mac minis we installed into LINX at Telehouse several months ago…
You may remember the previous article, basically we are using a pair of Mac Mini computers to connect our hosting platform to the LINX Internet exchange in London.
First Mac Mini BGP routers on world's largest Internet exchange
We think this could be a world’s first: Forget Cisco or Juniper, yesterday we hooked up two Mac Mini boxes running Quagga in to the London INternet eXchange (LINX) to act as BGP border routers for the Fubra Network.
LINX handles 95% of total UK Internet traffic, and as their newest members we had to come up with a clever solution to keep costs low and speeds high. Utilitising just 3U of rackspace, we were able to install 2 low latency HP gigabit switches and a pair of 1.83 GHz Mac Minis with 2 GB Ram, giving us fully redundant connections to the largest Internet Exchange Point in the world.