On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:31 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > Tarig Yassin wrote: >> What is the main deferent between Appliance router and Software based >> routers? > > I believe the main difference is the ability to handle features at line rate > speeds. The more interfaces/speed + CoS/ACL, the harder it is for a software > based router to keep up. > > > Jack
Most "Appliances" are small(er) software-based routers. Owen
