Re: Appliance Vs Software based routers

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Jack Bates wrote:

> 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

Most "Appliances" are small(er) software-based routers.

Owen