It may just understand RIP in order to learn the address of router(s) on its segment? Indeed, that doesn't make it a Layer-3 forwarding device.
Priscilla At 09:58 PM 1/21/02, Patrick Ramsey wrote: >Well..I've never even seen a 1201 but if it supports rip as a routing >protocol, then that should tell you it does layer 3... Don't get confused >though... Routing protocols have nothing to do with what layer of the OSI >model a device operates on. A switch running just on layer 2 may have the >abillity to have multiple segments coming into it, but can not pick packets >up from 1 layer 3 network and place them on another layer 3 network. A >switch that can operate on layer 3 doesn't have to run >rip/ospf/eigrp/etc...to do it. Static routes will work just fine. > >-Patrick > > >>> "Steven A. Ridder" 01/21/02 14:54 PM >>> >Why do they call a 1201 a L3 switch? What L3 functions can it do besides >RIP? > >-- >RFC 1149 Compliant. > > >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________ Priscilla Oppenheimer http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=32842&t=32606 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
