[c-nsp] Cisco Layer 3 Switch Recommendation

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Jon Allen Boone wrote:

>    In the future, I think the big differentiator will be the quality of
> the software, as the hardware will be virtually indistinguishable.  
> Switches will have very robust, but low-feature software.  Routers will
> have lots of features and lots of bugs.  The future is NOW!

In my mind the difference between a Layer3 switch and a router is the 
amount of output buffering it can do for traffic when the port is full or 
being rateshaped. This seems to be the practical difference today.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se