On 26 Oct 2007, at 19:06, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > Cisco survived on that model for a long, long time. Look at the > difference between the 2600 and the 2800. The 2600 (maybe not the > XMs) were pathetic. A 2621 couldn't NAT any faster than 20Mbps. > VPN? Forget about it. EVERYTHING was done in software.
A 2621 couldn't nat more than 20Mbps because it could only switch at 12Mbps with CEF enabled. :-) (Ciscos figures) It was end-of-life'd nearly five years ago ! But I have to defend the router series that I used as my swiss army knife of CPE in a variety of scenarios until a year or two ago. They have lots of positive attributes - they're tiny, low noise, low power, have such a wide range of WICs that will fit in it so you can throw loads of line presentations at them, they support every routing protocol I have needed them to in an enterprise environment, and will tunnel capably back to HQ offices pretty respectably. The 2811 is now probably the CPE swiss army knife of choice, as enterprise presentations get faster and vpn requirements are more typical. But on a budget you should STILL consider whether the 2621 can do a job for you - you can probably get one from ebay for under $50 instead of probably over $1000 for the 2811. Best wishes, Andy Davidson -- :: http://www.localphone.com/ - Call Global, Pay Local :: /* opinions and thoughts expressed here are my own */ _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
