RE: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome)

["Mike Rae" <MRae () uunet ca>]

Are we talking the support of FE interfaces, or support of FE throughputs ?

The switch may indeed support FE ports, but performance of the router will
vary with packet size, IOS featues etc. I would be very suspect of the 2621
supporting even 1x10baseT FD at wirespeed ...

Based upon my experience (limited I conceed) the 72xx is the minimum router
to support the potential throughput of multiple FE ports ...

Regards
Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Barton F. Bruce
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:33 PM
> To: Mike Johnson; Larry Rosenman
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome)
>
>
>
> You could always use a 2620 or 2621 with their internal 1 or 2 fast
> ethernet ports and then use an external VLAN savvy switch to
> get as many
> more as you need.
>
> Use one switch port for the 802.1q vlan trunk, and set each
> other switch
> port to be in a seperate vlan. Create subinterfaces on the router for
> each, and use the vlan number as the .<whatever> subinterface
> number for
> simplicity.
>
> Some reports say a 262x can actually hold 128 meg dram. If not, cisco
> has again proven they don't learn, or that engineered obsolescence is
> the arrogant thing to do.
>
> There is the 2650 or 2651 option that DOES support 128 meg,
> but is sadly
> overpriced with no expansion to speak of.
>
> If getting the 7206, realise that there is now a dual 10/100
> option for
> the I/O controller card as well as a gig-e/10meg dual port I/O card
> option. It is less $ than the PA-GE card. The gig-e can do VLANS, too.
> DON'T get the PA card with dual 100 meg as it isn't designed for full
> speed.
>
> Also consider the 300 processor as obsolete now with the 400
> at the same
> price. I wonder why the 400 is less $ than the NSE-1, too.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Johnson" <mike.johnson () isunnetworks com>
> To: "Larry Rosenman" <ler () lerctr org>
> Cc: <nanog () merit edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:20 PM
> Subject: Re: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome)
>
>
> > Larry Rosenman [ler () lerctr org] wrote:
> >
> > > For the record, I've got a customer taking 2 full BGP
> tables with a
> > > 3640 with 128Meg of RAM.
> >
> > Can anything less than a 7200 handle three (preferably four) fast
> > ethernet interfaces?  That was my sole reason for going that route
> > as it seems to be the smallest Cisco that will provide four fast-E
> > connections (according to Cisco docs that I may have misread).
> >
> > > (not sure of cost...)
> >
> > Well, it's certainly cheaper than a 7206...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Johnson
> > Network Engineer / iSun Networks, Inc.
> > Morrisville, NC
> > All opinions are mine, not those of my employer