A router is a device that routes layer 3 packets.
Doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, reliable or not.
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> 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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