[HECnet] OT Cisco question

Brian Hechinger wonko at 4amlunch.net
Tue Feb 9 12:48:52 PST 2016


> On Feb 9, 2016, at 3:42 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
> On 02/09/2016 02:22 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote:
>> Not so here. The gigabit internet war is starting in the US. Google is putting their Fiber offering in Atlanta (although not where I live, boo!!) and AT&T/Comcast are fighting back.
>> 
>> It’s just a matter of time until I have gigabit internet. The 2851 totally won’t be able to handle that.
>> 
>> Hell, the 7301 would have a hard time keeping up. :)
> 
>  I recently picked up a Catalyst 6503 (with Sup32, but I have a Sup720
> on the way for it) for the new building.  Ohhh MAN is it nice!

I can only imagine! The 6500 is a swell beast.

>  I was so impressed with it that I bought another one to replace the
> 4503 that's acting as the core switch in the first building.  It'll also
> likely end up replacing the 7206VXR (NPE-G1) for tunneling and routing
> tasks.

I wonder how much of that a 3560G could do. Although I like having a proper router on the edge. :)

>  Now I have to find IOS for the Sup720.  Anyone gots? =)

I should be able to, I’ll look later tonight.

-brian


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