Ben sed:
>
> Their suggestion was (of course) that if you want a heap faster than either
> of those you'd be better with a PIX or a Cat 5500 with the route switch
> module. The Cat 5500's throughput is in the millions of pps, so wire speed
> for all intents and purposes.
>
> I don't know if you're doing context based stuff with your existing router
> though - I don't think the 5500 supports IOS / Firewall feature set.
>
Don't have metrics, but the relevant throughput is that of the RSM.
And no, it doesn't support Firewall Feature Set. Heck, it doesn't
even have a General Deployment IOS release.
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