Wednesday 19 August 2009

Vyatta - Router on a stick

As you build test labs and try out new technologies, one area which many people miss is how the product interacts with AD site topology.

It's easy to build out a single DC with 1 site, and then built your test product within that virtual infrastructure, but how many companies actually only have 1 AD site/ 1DC? For example, I've been testing out Exchange 2007 DR options, which required a 2 site AD topology. Ok I could use a Windows box as a router, but I wanted to play around with extra functionality.

My solution? I've been using Vyatta - its a free open source router based upon Linux. If you need a router to easily create two AD sites, and don't want to spend any cash for a hardware solution, then this product will meet your needs. Its got some good documenation, and takes about 5 mins to create a "router on a stick" required to allow the creation of two AD sites.

If you want to learn some more head over to this link

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