[c-nsp] 3550 Switches

[Dan Armstrong]

We have had excellent luck with 3550 switches.  We use them with the EMI image 
on the edge of our network to attach customers, and use OSPF to advertise 
routes anchored on them up to 2 6509s in the distribution layer.  

They seem to be able to take quite a beating in terms of traffic and not fall 
over.... We don't throw a lot of routes at them, they are all in a series of 
NSSA areas - so we are not pushing them that hard, but we have had a few 
badly infected 100meg customers flatten routers further upstream while the 
3550 kept on sailing just fine...

Yes you need the EMI version to do OSPF.

Dan.


On Thursday 05 August 2004 13:30, Paul Stewart wrote:
> We are in need of a router/switch at a remote POP site.  Originally we were
> looking at a 2950 switch and a 3640 router for our needs.... Then I came
> across the 3550 switch.
>
> Any feedback on these?  If I understand the literature, they are a IOS
> driven switch with full routing and switching?  Are they basically a
> downsized 6509 switch in most ways?  If they are, this is exactly what
> we're looking for...
>
> I need OSPF and some static routing options along with VLAN support on the
> ports....  10/100 ethernet... Pretty basic...
>
> According to the docs, I'd need the EMI version as well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
>
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