[c-nsp] Will the Cisco 2911 push GigE with NAT enabled ?

[Dave]

Thats what I was afraid someone was going to say :) I guess its time to 
start looking into the ASRs and see what my options are.

Thanks all! Really appreciate the help and information.

Dave

On 04/30/2012 08:50 AM, Aled Morris wrote:
> On 30 April 2012 16:40, Dave <dcostell-cisconsp at torzo.com
> <mailto:dcostell-cisconsp at torzo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you all for the responses. I actually found the PDF shortly
>     after sending the e-mail. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. (Also a
>     part of me was hoping the PDF was wrong). So for an office router
>     that will do GigE + VPN + NAT anyone have any recommendations ? Is
>     it the ASR1k or bust now days ?
>
>
> You're only going to get near gigabit performance with hardware
> forwarding, so ASR is your best bet.  Switch platforms with Layer 3
> (like the Catalyst 3560-X) aren't going to support the features you need
> in their forwarding ASICs so you'll get performance worse than the ISR2
> you've already tried.
>
> Aled
>