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To: jach who wrote (23508)	3/7/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: The Phoenix	Respond to of 77400

You're implication is incorrect (unless it's your opinion). Just simply read the article. The article even states that the Cat6000... ...the industry's highest fast Ethernet/gigabit Ethernet port density, the 6000 series backs its brains with brawn.... But the 6000/6500 isn't just a muscle machine. It can accommodate up to 16 QOS (quality-of-service) queues, a huge improvement over the single-queue Catalyst 4000 and double-queue 5500. Extreme's Layer 3 gear only supports four queues. What do corporate networkers do with all these queues? Use them to set up very fine-grained flow control. Sheesh .. 4 queues sounds like first generation ATM. 16 queues...that's a QoS beast! That granularity is a big selling point for companies looking to consolidate networks. "We're planning to put all our voice, video, and data traffic over one network," says Walsh. "The Cisco solutions, particularly the Catalyst 6500, will play a major role in our migration." The article goes on to say that the Cat can't switch at wire speed on all ports. Gee...Duh.. The product only has 5 times more ports than the Extreme product and twice that of the Corebuilder. The fact is that Cat is ready with the port count, can switch at near the rate of the Extreme product, offers better QoS, and is easier to integrate with an existing network. We all know that speed is much easier to add than is the software smarts. I'd guess that Cisco is working to speed up the Cat which will effectively put Extreme out of business. Face it, 20% improvement in speed, sacrificing QoS, and being incomatible with an installed IOS network is a tough sell for Extreme...unless the customer is happy with RIP only. LOOKS LIKE THE CAT6000/6500 IS PRETTY FORMIDABLE TO ME.... OG