RE: Cisco 2611 as a firewall?

[Scott Stone <SStone@example.com>]

according to Cisco, one T1 is the practical limit for a 2501, even though
you can physically hook up two.  That's what the TAC guys tell me anyway,
and from my experience with 2501s, I believe them :)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com>
Senior Technical Consultant - UNIX and Networking
Taos, the Sysadmin Company - Santa Clara, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Q [mailto:jq@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:41 PM
To: tlug@example.com
Subject: Re: Cisco 2611 as a firewall?


Scott Stone (SStone@example.com) wrote:

> heh a Cisco 2611 is underpowered enough without trying to run two T1s
*and*
> BGP on it :)

Two T1s would be fine (heck, a 2501 can do that), but even a partial
BGP view would have it on its knees begging for mercy on a regular
basis.  

> except more CPU.  and it has 10/100 ethernets, like the 2621), or
preferably
> a 3600 series.

A 3660 stuffed with memory would be very nice, better than a 26xx, but
I somehow doubt that his friend is going to be willing to spend the
cash.  I bet he's only getting the 2611 because the Pipeline 130 is
just dying on the vine :-)

Jonathan

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