It can be done :)
We have a pair of Cat5K's with RSM blades in our core that do a large part
of our routing.
>
>Greetings,
>
>We're having a discussion at work on the merits of moving the default
>gateway from our router to our switch. In a nutshell, we have multiple IP
>subnets and 2 routers with secondary addresses. I understand that the
>'Cisco way' is to readdress so as to not have multiple IP subnets, however
>I'm not here to debate that. We'd like to move the gateway address to our
>core switch and let it do any routing (Our switch (3com) is a layer 3
>switch that's capable of RIP & OSPF). I'm told, though, that it cannot be
>done. I don't have any spare layer 3 switches with which to 'play' with.
>To me, it makes sense to have a switch do the routing because they're
>considerably more robust than the routers that we currently have.
>
>We're replacing our 3com routers with 2 Cisco 7206's next quarter and will
>be installing a pair of 6500's next year. We're moving from OSPF to EIGRP
>only. What we'd like is for the switches to route, assuming that they're
>EIGRP capable. I guess we'd need a route-processor.
>
>I guess my question is, can this be done? Is this a common practice in the
>real world? I'm anxious to hear from you all.
>
>Bob
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