[c-nsp] 2621 with cef

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:21:37AM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
> >> Your 2621XM is spec'd at 15.36Mbps.  Unless the pdf is
> >> incorrect, I find it pretty hard to believe you have one
> >> pushing 40Mbps.
> >
> > I routinely push ~60mbps through a pair of 2621's.  (In fact somewhere
> 
> Odd.  It's very uncisco-like for them to post specs underrating their 
> routers' capabilities.  Perhaps its done in this mid/low end gear to 
> discourage service providers from using them as anything other than CPE.

The performance PDF provides kpps numbers, and mbps numbers based on
the kpps x 64 byte/packet.  If you have larger packets, the throughput
will be better - but for a worst-case comparison, this makes lots of
sense.

gert

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