On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 12:03:59PM -0600, 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?
Unless you do the above, it's process switched.
> - Do we need to replace the 2601 with a more powerful router?
Depends on the actual traffic, but I doubt it.
/Jesper
-- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292)One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them.
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