[nsp] low-end L3 switch

Ralph Doncaster ralph at istop.com
Wed Jun 16 06:47:37 EDT 2004


On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:29:38PM -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> > Is the 2948G-L3 the bottom of the line for a cisco L3 switch that can do
> > BGP?
>
> The 2948G-L3 is the definite bottom line of anything.
>
> Avoid it like the plague.

So what woud you recommend instead 3550-EMI?
Does anyone know what Cogent uses for their customer-facing L3 switch?
Whatever they use does BGP, but not a full table since that comes from a
multihop feed to one of their GSRs.
http://www.cogentco.com/Guide/User%20Guide%20V5.pdf

-Ralph


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