Brett Johnson wrote: > What benefits can a Catalyst 6500 switch provide that a 7200 router cannot?
The 6500 is also a switch. > Are the FLEXWAN modules a reliable product or is it better to separate your > WAN traffic devices from you LAN devices? They work well though some would rather keep the WAN out of their core. Some cusomters keep the core layer 2 etc... What about the performance of the > FLEXWAN modules? I have a local customer that have two 6509's at each of 4 hospitals with flexwans in each. One switches flexwan has an ATM PA the other a PA-4T. ATM is the primary link and frame for the backup. The core site has 7200's simply because of the number of WANs to be terminated. Works very well. I am just trying to understand if money is no object why > would someone buy a 7200 router over a Catalyst 6500 with FLEXWAN modules. > Thank you, sorry if this is too vague. If the 6500 was the core of my net I would not want to terminate vendor WANs or an Internet connection on a flexwan for example so the decision depends on your network design, security issues, number of WAN ports etc... I'm sure if you look hard you can find the various packet forwarding rates for each on CCO. > > Brett -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 "You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer." --Winston Churchill Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62897&t=62892 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
