yea, point taken, but I wouldn't want a router that's
slow or unreliable either...
--- Kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A router is a device that routes layer 3 packets.
>
> Doesn't matter if it's fast or slow, reliable or
> not.
>
> John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > 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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