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

[Matthew Huff]

If you have metro-ethernet handoff and are running default routes, a Cisco
ASA-5525-X firewall will handle gig-e with NAT + VPN and is a lot cheaper
than a ASR.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:53 AM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Will the Cisco 2911 push GigE with NAT enabled ?
> 
> 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
> >
> 
> 
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