Re: 3Com routers

[Tony Bates <Tony.Bates@localhost]

 Nandor Horvath horvath@localhost writes:
  * 
  * Hi,
  * 
  * We have got an offer for 3Com NETBuilder II routers. They seem to be quite
  * cheap, but I do not have any experience with them.
  * 
  * If you have such a router, could you please write me your experience
  * with them, especially compared to CISCO router? Can it really support
  * BGP 4 routing protocol and RFC877 encapsulation?
  *
Although I haven't used one myself I know there are 3coms in use doing
RFC877 (now revised as RFC1356) and they also have participated in 
the BGP4 trials and have a version of BGP4 that will talk to the cisco
implementation (and others I guess, although not so far tested I 
beleive) *but* their implementation cannot 
generate aggregates as yet or least this is what
I remember from the last BGPD meeting in Houston.
I have no idea of performance issues, although there are I believe
3coms (not usre if are NETbuilder IIs though) within the SuperJANET
network so perhaps they can help or comparability with a cisco
sorry.
 
  * Many thanks for your reply,
  * Nandor Horvath

	Tony.