[nsp] Cisco Cat3750 IPv6

[Konstantin Barinov]

It it ok that you do not have counters (almost) on Cat3550
switches, and it is well documented. It is ok for this box,
very cheap, reliable and fast.

And try not to compare L3 switch with ROUTER. ;)


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Konstantin Barinov
INFONET AS, Tallinn, Estonia



Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 9:15:34 PM, you wrote:

BZ> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Charles Spurgeon wrote:
>> I have come to dislike these L3 switches because of these support
>> issues. They appear to take a snapshot of IOS, stuff it on the switch,

BZ> I couldn't agree more. We bought two 3550 switches and planned to do L3
BZ> routing, now they're being used just as very expensive L2 switches. They are
BZ> severely limited in every respect (as L3 devices) and the software is just
BZ> rotting away. For example, how does one get counters on SVI interfaces on a
BZ> 3550? Answer: you don't. If I have a interface on a router, I would expect to
BZ> be able to SNMP read the counters off that interface. I don't care if it's a
BZ> router or a switch trying to be a router. The sales literature does not tell
BZ> you about all of this, it's actually pretty well hidden away in a dusty corner
BZ> of the documentation. It's actually even worse: you *can* read the counters,
BZ> but they only count traffic originated by the switch or terminated on the
BZ> switch, not traffic being routed *through* the switch. Annoying as hell.

BZ> We've already switched to Juniper for high-end routers and we won't be buying
BZ> any Cisco switches. The only remaining Cisco product we buy is the 7206 VXR
BZ> (we buy them on the used market, so Cisco gets no $$$ from us) and the EoL
BZ> AS5300 (the AS5350 does not run 12.2 mainline IOS which has proven to be the
BZ> only stable IOS with VoIP support for us, again no $$$ from us for Cisco).
BZ> Cisco sure as hell won't be getting any more of our business.

BZ> Sorry for hijacking the thread. :-)
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