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RE: Cisco Router best for full BGP on a sub 5K bidget 7500 7200 orother vendor ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Sun Apr 25 09:04:52 2004
To: alexander@etheric.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 25 Apr 2004 05:41:30 -0700"
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:04:14 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Yes. I've been looking at it and a 7505 with a 3550 behind it seems the
> way to go for our type of operation.
>
> As a cost cutting alternative - has anyone played with the 2900 XL
> series using sub interfaces to turn them into virtual router ports ? or
> vlan groups ?
> Is it better to just buy a 3550 ?
If you're only doing basic Ethernet-Ethernet routing, and don't need
a full routing table, it's quite possible that the 3550 will perform
better than either the 6000/Sup1A or the 7505. You might also consider
a 3750, which handles a large number of SVIs better than the 3550.
(Yes, I'm seriously suggesting using the 3550 or 3750 alone.)
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
