[ale] turn linux into a router??

[Joseph A. Knapka]

Ned Williams wrote:
> 
> Out of curiosity,
> 
> Why do we call Linux a router in emails likes this, or for that matter the LRP?
> Routers, talk layer 2, maybe I missed it but
> did linux recently gain support for BGP ,OSF or any other layer 2 protocols?

I am reasonably certain that implementations of routing
protocols exist for Linux, though I don't know anything
at all about them. It would all be in user space, right?
So shouldn't be difficult.

-- Joe
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