Re: layer 3 switch debate

Thus spake "ip dude" <ipdude@cattle-today.com>

so it is your opinion that a Catalyst 6509 (i.e. Layer 3 switch) is equivalent to a 7206 or GSR? Of course, this is in regard to 'core' routing device in the middle of a national IP network. This network in question just happens to utilize a lot of GE LH interconnections.

Different devices have different strengths and weaknesses; if they were equivalent, one of them wouldn't exist. I personally have no opinion on whether a Catalyst 6500 makes a good "core router" vs. a GSR. That depends on what best fits your technical and business requirements, your staff's experience, the features available, other devices in your network, etc. Nobody else can answer that question for you. S