[c-nsp] Cat 4948 NAT support

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 02:02:05PM -0500, Doug McIntyre wrote:
> So, don't go searching for switches that support NAT, the Cat6500 is it. 

But there are caveats - not all IP protocols are supported in the hardware
path.  I seem to remember postings on this lists that had somewhat unusual
traffic (GRE tunnels?) going through a 6500, and that was all done in
software.

> Cisco leaves NAT to firewalls and routers, not switches. 

Just don't do NAT in the first place.

gert
-- 
USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW!
                                                           //www.muc.de/~gert/
Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert at greenie.muc.de
fax: +49-89-35655025                        gert at net.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 305 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/attachments/20090916/035e5789/attachment.bin>