Re: [nsp] router capacity question

From: Basil V. Dolmatov (dol@east.ru)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 14:48:23 EST


On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Steve Pfister wrote:

> Hello--
>
> I've set up a 2601 router for one of our customers. On one of the networks
> assigned to a FastEthernet interface, there are two subnets (on the same
> Ethernet segment...it's a workaround for another problem). Lately, whenever
> traffic goes from one subnet through the interface back out to the other
> (just from one machine to another), the router gets noticeable bogged down.
> We don't notice this in any other situation.
>
> - Is there any way to alleviate this?
ip route-cache same-interface

> - Is routing from one segment to another through an Ethernet interface a
> bad idea?
> - Do we need to replace the 2601 with a more powerful router?
>
Immediatedly! Because, there is no such beast in the world, as Cisco 2601... ;)

 
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Basil (Vasily) Dolmatov CCIE #5347, CCNP-Security, CCDA
East Connection ISP, Moscow, Russia. (http://www.east.ru)



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