Vincent Poy wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Modred wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Vincent Poy wrote:
> >
> > > Speaking about Layer 2 and layer 3. Does the Cisco Catalyst
> > > 2924XL and the HP ProCurve 2424M and 4000M switches fall under Layer 3 or
> > > just layer 2?
> >
> > Cisco, yes... HP, no clue (perhaps you could check their website).
> >
> > IOW, RTFM.
Wouldn't that be RTFW? ;^)
> I did, it gets interesting though since if it was a true Level 3
> switch, it sure seems to perform more like a Level 2.
<Snort> Wait'll you see IP routing at 12,000,000 packets per second. ;^)
Layer 3 switches are not inherently slower than Layer 2, if they're built
right.
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