[c-nsp] cisco 7206 VXR router

Jon Lewis jlewis at lewis.org
Tue Sep 29 09:30:44 EDT 2009


On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, jack daniels wrote:

> I'm a bit confused on -
> "Also, don't assume that because you can add 8 100Mbit interfaces, that
> you can use them at full speed.."

A common issue with routers is that they have interfaces the processors 
can't keep up with.  i.e. a 2621 router has two built in 100baseT 
interfaces.  Try routing 100mbit/s of traffic through a 2621, and you'll 
be disappointed.

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