Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

Paul Wall wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Jo Rhett <jrhett () netconsonance com> wrote:
> > On Aug 26, 2008, at 12:26 AM, Paul Wall wrote:
> > > Routing n*GE at line rate isn't difficult these days, even with all
> > > 64-byte packets and other "DoS" conditions.
> > >
> > > Linksys, D-Link, SMC, etc are able to pull it off on the layer 3
> > > switches sold at Fry's for a couple benjamins a pop.  :)
> > Sorry, I thought you were serious.
>
> I am.  All of these boxes can forward packets at line rate, and list
> for a fraction of the price of the Force 10 S-Series.

a dlink dsg-3627g is a quite a few benjamins...

but given that switch asics for said class of products are widely
available and cheap, the difference between vender a and vendor b in
that class of switch is futher up in the software stack.

> I'll be correcting your other posts shortly!
>
> Drive Slow,
> Paul Wall