[nsp] Catalyst 5000(5500) over 4000(4500)???

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> The new 3750 can do BGP, however, and it's price point is only marginally
> above the 3550...
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/switches/ps5023/index.html

The 3550 can do BGP too. The relevant question in many cases is: Can it
do BGP with full Internet routes?

(The 3550 cannot. I haven't seen enough info on the 3750 to determine
whether it can - but the cynic in me says that Cisco probably doesn't
want to cannibalize the nice market share that the 6500 has here, so
the answer is probably that it cannot.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no