The delay in switching a packet at hardware is less than the delay in routing a packet at software. This is 1 of the reasons that Cisco created the G"S"R and why an MPL"S" switched network is fast than a plain routed network.
I'm not too interested in convergence times as we only have very minimal outages so RSTP should suffice. How fast a packet can traverse our network on the other hand is important so that we can reliably run VoIP and other delay/jitter sensitive applications. Anyone compared a routed solution with a Mikrotik bridged solution for delay/jitter? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta Sent: 13 June 2006 13:26 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] looking for a device Paul Hendry wrote: >We too have been looking at moving from routed to a switched Mikrotik for >the core network but the unknown quantity seems to be if there are any >latency or speed issues related to the move. A "true" switched network is >faster than a routed network as the switching is done at a hardware level >but in Mikrotik I believe both switching and routed is done in software. >What have you seen? > > > Faster in what way? Certainly, a routed network is going to beat a switched network in terms of covergence speed. -Matt -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/362 - Release Date: 12/06/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/362 - Release Date: 12/06/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
