Appliance Vs Software based routers

Sun Jul 25 15:58:54 UTC 2010

On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Jack Bates wrote:

> Tarig Yassin wrote:
>> What is the main deferent between Appliance router and Software based routers?
> 
> I believe the main difference is the ability to handle features at line rate speeds. The more interfaces/speed + CoS/ACL, the harder it is for a software based router to keep up.
> 
> 
> Jack

Most "Appliances" are small(er) software-based routers.

Owen