[c-nsp] Router recommendation

[Dave Temkin]

Yes, and it behaved relatively poorly using IMIX.  Oddly enough, at just
64 byte packets it behaved better than with the mixed packets, but not
significantly.  I can't get to the PDF for the testing I did right now but
I can send the exact #s on Tuesday.

Also, he didn't specify whether he meant 20-30 Mbps total for each link or
if that's 20-30 Mbps each way.  Either way, even if he could skate by with
the 2821 shouldn't he have at least *some* room for growth?  Be able to
withstand at least a small DoS, etc..

-Dave


On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Steve Snodgrass wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 11:20:00PM -0500, Dave Temkin wrote:
> > If you've hit any of these boxes with SmartBits, you can vouch that a
> > 1841 or 2821 cannot handle a combined 40 mbps (what he's proposing) of
> > IMIX traffic (which is probably the best model to go with for internet
> > traffic without using actual replay of customer traffic).  It'll start to
> > choke around 35Mbit, esp. with any ACL's/etc.
>
> I agree that the 1841 seems rather low-end for this application.  Also,
> the fact that it is not rack-mountable would probably be annoying for
> many installations.
>
> However, I would be extremely surprised if a 2821 cannot handle 40 Mbps of
> IMIX, considering that Cisco claims it will handle 87 Mbps of 64 byte
> packets (170kpps).  If anything, the IMIX score should be higher.  Have you
> actually tested a 2821 with an IMIX load?
>
>