Sam, I think the question is: what is your average packet size? Using process or fast switching I should think that the packet size is almost irrelevant to the router. I have benchmarked many PCs and NICs running certain routing software. On a PCI bus PC the pps difference between 64 and 1518 octet frames was in the order of ten to twenty percent, i.e. the routing decision consumes the bulk of the CPU bandwidth, shovelling the rest of the packet through is low-overhead. Marc
sam sneed wrote: > > I noticed Cisco uses pps when they give their specs for routers, firewalls, > etc. What is the assumed packet size when they come up with these specs? I'm > planning on using 2 2621's in HSRP mode (getting default routes via BGP) and > need to be able to support a constant 10 Mb/sec and would like know if these > routers will do the trick. > thanks Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=38983&t=38956 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
