Re: Need advise on routers

Mitch Wagers ( mwagers@ocsnet.net )
Sat, 07 Mar 1998 22:21:10 -0800

Mind telling me which Cisco reps/engineers said this? The CCIE's from Cisco
that I work with have no problems with it and neither have the networks
I've installed them in. If they do, I want to hear about it. :)

At 09:54 PM 3/7/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Cisco cautions against going that high on a 3640. My advise would be a
>4700-M with a split Ethernet/T1 module which you can later upgrade to a ATM
>module for the DS3. Or , if you really want to do things right, you can go
>with a 7206 and use it to route you ethernet for enhanced intranet
>performance.
>
>Adam
>
>
>At 11:29 PM 3/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Well, a 2501 or 1600 is going to be limited to a T1 anyway, but you will
>>never bog down a Cisco unit even if it is maxed out; the processing
>>hardware in a 2501 would easily handle an OC3 if they would put that option
>>on the unit, I can faigthfully vouch for that. If you want the ability to
>>upgrade, go with the 3640, you can go all the way up to mutli-homed ATM/OC3
>>backbones with a little bit more leverage on what you can use for routing
>>protocols as well.
>>
>>
>>At 09:55 PM 3/5/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Hello everyone.
>>>
>>>I need some advise/experience on routers. My company is looking at
>>setting up
>>>a T-1 line with AT&T to connect to the Internet backbone. This will be
>>used to
>>>connect to our web server(s). We plan to upgrade this to T-3 if the
>>bandwidth
>>>utilization demands. What router should I select for this project? I'm
>>>currently leaning towards the Cisco 3600. I have some experience
>>configuring a
>>>Cisco 2511. Our setup will not be too complicated to start. Mainly
>setting
>>>static routes to AT&T. I've heard that to start I could even go with the
>>Cisco
>>>1600 with the new built in CSU/DSU and replace the unit with a higher end
>>unit
>>>(36xx) if/when we needed to. What kind of performance would the 1600 give
>>on a
>>>highly utilized T-1?
>>>
>>>My two concerns are:
>>>1. The ability to upgrade from T-1 to T-3.
>>>2. Ease of configuration and administration.
>>>3. Performance.
>>>
>>>Any advice is welcome! :)
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>James A. Tucker
>>>
>>>
>>>
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