Or if you have plenty of money and nothing better to spend it on, you can remove the 7200's and purchase 6506's with flex-wans. Provides the same service and cost a bit more. Those of us here San Jose wont mind a bit....
Larry Letterman Network Engineer Cisco Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "MADMAN" To: Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:18 PM Subject: Re: Catalyst 6500 vs 7200 VXR [7:62892] > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=62902&t=62892 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
