CIDR FAQ
Nathan Stratton nathan at netrail.net
Tue Aug 15 22:22:15 CEST 1995
On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Dave Siegel wrote: > Let's excuse the fact that gated consumes more memory than a cisco for the > same amount of routes for a second... > > Okay, so let's talk functionality. > > Are there HSSI PCI cards available? Can you do SMDS over this card? Frame? > What about a DS3 ATM card, or higher? > > I know we can do Ethernet, FDDI, sync, and T1 FR, so that's half of it, but > there are still lot's of reason's to buy Cisco gear. > > I'm not excusing the possibility of being able to use PC's, but the additional > management issues of having to manage Unix box's in addition to internal > routing policies, and expansion efforts sounds like a headache. Managing > a network of Cisco's requires a relatively small amount of time, and my staff > and I can concentrate on real problems. Ok, yes you are correct you can't drop a DS3 into the back of a PC, but why not use a 4500 or 7000 for your ds3's and then use a PC to do the major BGP4? On a 4500 I only can put in 32 megs or ram. Yes gated will use more ram for the same number of routes, but I can put 128 meg or more in a PC. I think we need to talk about using PC route servers and cisco together for a solution, the cisco's just can't hold the ram needed. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite B-5 Email sales at netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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