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To: StockMan who wrote (4075)	2/5/1998 9:48:00 PM
From: Tom Kiblin	Respond to of 6980

"Any comments on how the two compare in terms of price/performance/functionality?" Stockman, In one word - poorly. In two words - they don't! A Catalyst with a router turned on its' side and stuck in the chassis, is still a traditional router making software based forwarding decisions - not ASIC based wire-speed decisions. Ask them when GIG interfaces will be available for their Catalyst or when they can route 7+ Mpps through that router turned sideways and stuck in the Catalyst. Wait - they can't pump 7+ Mpps per second into the Catalyst to test their layer 3 story with, sorry ;( Tom

To: StockMan who wrote (4075)	2/6/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Hop Sing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6980

What happen to the Granite purchase? Will a Catalyst route IP. Will a Catalyst route between VLAN's inside the box? Does Catalyst support 802.1q tagging? Accelar routes IP @ 7M pps. Accellar does policy (protocol) baced VLAN's and will route between them (7Mpps)in the box. Accelar has one GUI interface to manage a large community of switches and VLAN capabilities. So you hand off your speedy (not 7Mpps) Catalyst traffic to a traditional software router. Sounds like shoving a watermellon down a firehose to me.