Re: sell shell accounts?

["Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl () mcs com>]

> > Not fast enough when you're talking about OC3s ;-).
>
> > Karl Denninger (karl () MCS Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity
>
> Gated doesn't have to be faster when the router is routing OC3s than
> when it's routing 56ks...
>
> I assume that the mondo-routers have a switching engine, and the
> only job of the main CPU/gated combo is to feed the current idea
> of the best next-hop/interface to the engine.
>
> Avi

This is true.  But show me a model in which this works and which can update
that forwarding table 20x/second (at full load WHILE switching packets).

That's what Netstar claims.

CISCO can't even *dream* of getting close to this level of performance.

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