Mailing List Archive: [nsp] recommendations please

> Quick question. Instead of a Catalyst 3550, which multi-layer switch could
> still provide the capabilites a Cat 3550 would?
>
> such things as;
>
> a) hardware-based IP Unicast and Multicast Routing
> b) inter-VLAN routing
> c) routed access control in the form of ACL's
> d) HSRP
> e) gigabit capabilities
> f) fast ethernet capabilities
> g) this can handle layer 2 and layer 3 IOS commands.

2948G-L3 - but this is an older platform, and by now more expensive
than the 3550.

Aside from that - your options would seem to be the chassis based
platforms like the 4000 or 6500. More expensive, of course.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no