Appliance Vs Software based routers
Owen DeLong
owen at delong.com
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
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