[c-nsp] Cisco Layer 3 Switch Recommendation

[Robert E.Seastrom]

Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> writes:

> ok, i gotta ask.  'switches' do layers 3 & 4 (bgp, ...).  'routers
> do layer 2 (atm, atmv2, ...).  so what is the technical difference
> between a router and a switch?

Didn't we have this discussion on nanog-l some time back (precipitated
by the 6500/7600 paradox), and agree with some qualifications
involving daughtercards and carrier boards that routers had vertical
card slots while switches had horizontal card slots?

:)

                                        ---Rob