[geeks] bye bye Cisco...

[Phil Brutsche]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Phil Brutsche wrote:
>> Aye, they're not.  There's a reason why they were EOL'd *years* ago, why
>> you can't get a recent IOS for 'em, etc.
>>
>> The OP would have been much better off with a 2611 (very cheap, not as
>> powerful) or a 3640 (more powerful but still commands "decent" amounts
>> of cash - a bare chassis is $ 400 US used).
> 
> Isn't the 4000 a software-routed model?

As are the 2 models I mentioned... most (all?) of the lower-end units
are software-only, and even on some of the mid-range
hardware-accelerated models there are caveats ie no access-lists.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at tux.obix.com