[c-nsp] Cisco Routers: Performance benchmark

[Per Carlson]

> ...so if we have test results with these
> frame-sizes, we can be sure if the router we wanna buy can work under the
> highest load of the passing traffic on our network or not.

maybe for pure forwarding, but what if you throws acls, qos, fw, ids,
nat, etc into the equation? enabling more features will (often, but
not always) decrease the performance of the box.

the best option is to get some demo equipment and run the tests
yourself in *your* environment.

-- 
Pelle

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