I like the use of "real router". What is a "real" router. Routers route
using layer 3 info. PC's are and can be made routers. And yes they are
"real" routers.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: anthony kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fowler, Robert J.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: alternative to Cisco routers
>On May 31, 8:23pm, anthony kim wrote:
>} --- John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>} > On Jul 7, 4:07am, "Fowler, Robert J." wrote:
>} > }
>} > } However it might be a good choice for someone who is building a
>} > home lab. It
>} > } is much cheaper to piece together some computers and throw zebra
>} > on it than
>} > } to buy several routers. I've never used Zebra but it sounds like
>} > if you had
>} > } some existing equipment and wanted to expand on that, couldn't
>} > afford to buy
>} > } another router but had some old PC's it would be the way to go,
>} > since
>} > } speed/reliability wouldn't be a real factor in a home lab. Any
>} > thoughts?
>} >
>} > Although, you may learn something about the protocols, you
>} > won't
>} > learn anything about real routers. You definitely need to get
>} > hands on
>} > with real routers. Zebra could be used to simulate a secondary
>} > router
>} > in a multi-router experiment, but it isn't sufficient by itself.
>}
>} Is a real router a device which routes layer 3 packets? Or a device
>} "specifically designed" to route layer 3 packets. Your statement
>} implies the latter. Whereas I believe the former.
>
> The latter. A PC make be able to route packets, but that doesn't
>make it a real router. The hardware device is going to be faster
>(especially at the high end), more reliable, require much less
>maintenance (which makes it cheaper in the long run), and easier to
>install and setup (not to mention take up far less space). I'm a huge
>fan of UNIX and will tend to run just about everything on UNIX systems,
>but even I realise that UNIX host based systems are not the correct
>solution for every problem.
>
>} You *will* learn about real routers because the pc is a real router.
>} You may *not learn* anything about IOS or $VENDOR's routers.
>
> That is the purpose of getting Cisco certs...
>
>}-- End of excerpt from anthony kim
>
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