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Re: sell shell accounts?

  • From: Karl Denninger, MCSNet
  • Date: Fri Jul 19 18:45:13 1996

> 
> > Not fast enough when you're talking about OC3s ;-).
> 
> > Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity
> 
> Gated doesn't have to be faster when the router is routing OC3s than
> when it's routing 56ks...
> 
> I assume that the mondo-routers have a switching engine, and the
> only job of the main CPU/gated combo is to feed the current idea
> of the best next-hop/interface to the engine.
> 
> Avi

This is true.  But show me a model in which this works and which can update
that forwarding table 20x/second (at full load WHILE switching packets).

That's what Netstar claims.

CISCO can't even *dream* of getting close to this level of performance.

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