Hi,
On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 01:58:45PM +0700, jakasemboeng wrote:
> Does anyone have idea about the different between l3 switches and router ?
> if i'm not mistaken, extreme/catalyst has capability to do routing so if l3
> switches can do routing and why i should buy a router for doing routing ?
An "L3 switch" is a marketing buzzword for a "fast router, sometimes with
less than full features".
For example, the Cisco L3 catalysts had serious problems with access
lists (seems to be fixed now) and still can't do ip accounting (a thing
that all cisco routers do just fine). But they are fast...
gert
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