[rescue] Looking for servers and net equip in Ireland/UK

[Joshua D. Boyd]

What exactly does the phrase router on a stick mean?  Obviously it is a
derogotory term for a type of router, but beyond that...

--
Joshua Boyd

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Chris Byrne wrote:

> Well eventually I would like to make the 2600's go away, unfortunately they
> are what the funding would pay for. My personal choice would be to do the
> whole thing with a pair of Big Iron 8000's or summat, but our funding wants
> us to use cisco, and won't buy 3600's for some reason (or 4006, or 6509, or
> anything alse of any use for that matter).
> 
> Oh and I heartily agree, router on a stick is an utter waste of
> time/resources/money etc... etc...
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of James Fogg
> Sent: 03 July 2001 13:59
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [rescue] Looking for servers and net equip in Ireland/UK
> 
> 
> Cool, but if these are just colo sites you probably don't need the layer 3.
> I
> am a huge advocate of using layer 3 switching with VLAN's and I get angry
> with
> "router on a stick" designs, so you won't find any argument from me. But, if
> every box talks to the 2600 and they don't communicate heavilly amongst
> themselves then you can do this without the Cat2948gl3's and save tons (and
> keep your vlans too).
> 
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