Cisco is not the Webster dictionary of technology even though we are all
trying for their prized certificates.
If you ask Novell, SUN, or Microsoft they will also tell you that their OS'
can facilitate routing and they will even call them routers when configured
as such. IMHO (And according to a couple of telecom dictionaries) A router
is any device that uses layer 3 info to make forwarding decisions.
-----Original Message-----
From: anthony kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fowler, Robert J.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: alternative to Cisco routers
>
>--- John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> }
>> } 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).
>
>John, you've just added qualifications to the definition of a real
>router. Am I correct then in saying you believe a real router is
>
>a) a device that routes layer 3 packets
>b) a device strictly designed to route layer 3 packets
>c) a device that routes layer 3 fast and reliably
>d) all of the above
>
>The cisco exam answer is: d)
>I'm just too damn liberal with my definitions so would have chosen a)
>
>> 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.
>
>
>Agreed.
>
>
>>
>> } 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
>
>
>Thus our raison d'etre.
>
>anthony
>
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