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Re: Layer 3 Switches


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:45:41 +0200



On 29/Jun/20 19:22, Rubens Kuhl wrote:



A switch's maturity is much more dependent on hardware while a router
is much more dependent on software, so I suggest assessing a switch on
their own merits, regardless of bad experiences with that vendor in
the router realm.

Well, these days, with plenty of newer, affordable options coming in on
Broadcom chips, it's safe to say both hardware and software will require
a lot of maturity to be viable against "the establishment".

Mark.

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