[c-nsp] 2800's and an extra FE port..

[Dave Temkin]

I'm testing this right now in a lab setup (the HWIC-4ESW) and it works
well.  Blasting it shows no real throughput degredation versus the
on-board ports (with the exception that they're 100MB vs. Gig).

-Dave

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Steve Wright wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently trying to find the best way to gain an extra fast ethernet
> port for either a 2811 or 2851..
>
> The GigabitEthernet port (HWIC-1GE-SFP) seems outrageously priced (as per
> Cisco kit I know ;) )
>
> However, I've had a thought on using a HWIC-4ESW and creating dot1q sub
> interfaces on one of the main layer 2 interfaces then trunking to the switch
> module for my layer 3 stuff?
>
> Can anyone who has looked into this or has any other thoughts let me know
> their opinions as I'm relatively new to the 2800 range?
>
> Thanks,
>
> S
>
>
>
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