[107468] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Wall)
Wed Sep 3 23:45:41 2008
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:45:04 -0400
From: "Paul Wall" <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: "Jo Rhett" <jrhett@netconsonance.com>
In-Reply-To: <1AE55697-DD7B-4721-8FC1-610524A283B8@netconsonance.com>
Cc: NANOG Operators Group <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> wrote:
> On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:26 AM, Paul Wall wrote:
>>
>> Routing n*GE at line rate isn't difficult these days, even with all
>> 64-byte packets and other "DoS" conditions.
>>
>> Linksys, D-Link, SMC, etc are able to pull it off on the layer 3
>> switches sold at Fry's for a couple benjamins a pop. :)
>
> Sorry, I thought you were serious.
I am. All of these boxes can forward packets at line rate, and list
for a fraction of the price of the Force 10 S-Series.
I'll be correcting your other posts shortly!
Drive Slow,
Paul Wall
