If the customer is rich and has $$ to burn, by all means go get some more gig blades, gbics and run fiber. Otherwise, EtherChannel is still the way to go, and cheapest. Tell the tech/manager who wrote the no VLAN policy that it doesn't apply to EtherChannel.
I hate layer 8 of the OSI.. ""John McCartney"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I forgot to add that we are not using the 6509 CAT IOS we are using the box > as a big router (IOS) with many F/E ports. We do have a Gig-E card that we > just placed in one but not the other and the customer is concerned about > redundancy. I told him we could add the Gig-E to the other one but they > would have to work that out with our Sales depart. I think the price for one > of those babies is about $30K right, then to pull the fiber to the cabinet > cost about $1300 - at least thats what the last one costs us. I appreciated > any ideas as I've never implemented EtherChannel and was thinking it may be > an alternative. > > Good luck with the Steelers Steven... Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33196&t=33187 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
