10-26-2005 05:19 AM - edited 03-03-2019 10:49 AM
Hi,
I am trying to hunt down the cheapest way to provide a router with 3 x FE ports, and it is proving to be expensive.
The cheapest i can find would be a 2691 with a NM-16ESW (16 port switch module!!!)
this sounds ridiculous... surely a NM-1FE would be a good idea
help would be appreciated
Nathan
10-26-2005 07:28 AM
Cheaper could be a Linksys router or a Linux box with 3 FE NICs.
Thanks.
10-26-2005 07:46 AM
If you still want to use a cisco router, a 1721 with wic-4esw will give you 1 onboard fast E and 4 switch ports. All the switch ports are 10/100 and you can configure vlans and layer 3 address for those vlans and still route between all these 5 interfaces.
HTH
11-01-2005 09:13 AM
Thats great ..
do you think this card will work with teh 2600 series
?
11-01-2005 09:47 AM
i take that back. I dont think these cards work with 2600 series. I cant find any direct reference that states this. It definitely works with 1700.
11-01-2005 11:24 AM
This is the problem i am having...
It seems crazy that there is not a single FE NM for the 2600 series..
There used to be but it has been stoped.
2691 is just over kill for what i need
I am connecting a 10 Mbps LRE circuit into MPLS and the client needs 2 LAN Eth ports for redundancy purposes...
looks like i will have to go for the dot1q route, lan side
11-01-2005 08:58 PM
An alternative option is to use a 1800 or 2800 series with hwic-4esw.
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