[c-nsp] Your opinions on router throughput

[Jon Lewis]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Gert Doering wrote:

> Regarding the original question: a NPE-300 should handle 45 Mbit of load
> just fine, *even* if it's all small packets - the "routerperformance.pdf"
> file claims 180 Mbit throughput with 64 byte packets for the NPE-300,
> and those numbers tend to be fairly realistic.

180Mbit/s of 64 byte packets through an NPE300?  And that 7206 fits in 1U 
of rack space too, doesn't it?

For the humor impaired, I'm calling BS on those numbers.  I've watched 
NPE300's quit working at far lower traffic loads.

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