workhorse of the future...

Wed Jan 11 22:56:33 UTC 2006

Bill,

alas, i think the days of being able to deploy one type of "god box" 
swiss-army-knife router are passing.

depending on what it is that the router is planned to be "doing" defines 
its PPS requirements & what speeds/feeds you need to run various 
features at.

from http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2005-09/msg00635.html can 
you classify what functionality you see yourself as needing?

that pretty much sets the discussion as to whether you're after 
something that can be s/w-forwarding or not ...

cheers,

lincoln.

bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 
> first it was the vitalinks, then the bridge gear, then proteon, then cisco AGS,
> then 7600VXR, then 7301s....
> 
> looking to find the next-gen workhorse ... looking for 4-6yr life expectancy.
> pointers(private are ok) are appreciated - as well as -why- you think the
> suggested boxen are likely candidates.
> 
> --bill
> 
> 