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Re: Appliance Vs Software based routers


From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:31:46 -0500

Tarig Yassin wrote:
What is the main deferent between Appliance router and Software based routers?

I believe the main difference is the ability to handle features at line rate speeds. The more interfaces/speed + CoS/ACL, the harder it is for a software based router to keep up.


Jack


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