[c-nsp] Cisco Layer 3 Switch Recommendation

[Dave Temkin]

And then the dinasours came and brought us the 7505 and 72xx and threw
that theory out the window :-)



On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Robert E.Seastrom wrote:

>
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> cisco-nsp mailing list  cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp
> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
>