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@netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------