[nsp] Cisco Cat3750 IPv6

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Tue Apr 27 11:29:10 EDT 2004


> Cat 3550 and 3750 do well those things they were designed for -
> fast routing/switching with limited router features. They do basic
> BGP and EIGRP well. Access lists and PBR also work fine. I did not
> see any significant problems with 3550, except one switch that died.
> But this happens with any hardware.
> 
> I think they have good price/performance ratio.
> 
> Just do not ask those boxes to pretend high-end routers. :)

Agreed. As long as you don't expect them to be as featureful as
"normal" Cisco routers, they're fine. They *do* surprise sometimes,
for instance finding out that 3750, which is easily viewed as a
"higher end" 3550, doesn't support 802.1q tunneling (and 3550 does).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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