On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 01:25:23AM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> DL> > It's a 16-port switch with an 8K-entry MAC cache and a 512 KB packet
> DL> > buffer.  Shouldn't have any problems routing the packets between any
> 
> 512k Packet Buffer on a 16 port switch?  That doesn't sound right.  Even the
> bottom-of-the-barrel Cisco 19xx series switch comes with, quote:
> "Shared-memory architecture with 3 MB packet buffer..."

I've definitely seen enough low-budget switches that I wouldn't call a
cisco 19xx "bottom of the barrel".   The barrel's a lot deeper than
you think.  :) :) :)

I can believe 512k for the whole switch.  I've used "switches" like that
before.

+j
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Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz