[c-nsp] GigE Edge router

[Robert Blayzor]

sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> NPE-G1 was $15000 list price last time I checked, while a 3560 EMI with
> 4 SFP ports and 24 10/100/1000T ports is $8800. The 3560 (and similarly
> 3550, 3750, 4500) give you *much* higher performance, *if* you can live
> with the limitations. The limitations are significant, e.g.


Don't drink the marketing cool-aid.  A higher performance switch yes,
but not a router.  On the spec sheet it claims "38.7 Mpps", but that's
probably at layer2, not layer3.

The other big negative is that it's Ethernet only, no WAN options at
all.  While he's looking to go full Ethernet, that's not where he is today.

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