Re: Links on the blink - reprise

Sean writes: * Key to the decision is the gamble that the switching * ability of FR switches will compare with the switching * ability of high-end routers in the same environment. This * is not a gamble I am comfortable with, particularly as I * have very strong ideas of how well an SSE-equipped 7000 * can switch packets in a backbone environment, and so far * have only early impressions about one variety of popular * FR switch in a similar environment. Perhaps you have not looked at the right FR switch. I know of at least one FR switch that will switch at a higher rate than most currently used routers in a backbone environment. -Marten