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Hey all, I've been looking into a 3550 layer 3 switch for it's policy
based routing functionality. I was wondering if any of you knew if
juniper or any other company offers a comprable product.

Or maybe you know another way to solve my problem....

I want all frames on a switch to be forwarded to a specific port to a
linux box. The linux box will then broute the packets and then send
them to their destination. SPAN just sends a copy of the frame which
isn't what I want.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Dave

wrote:
> Hey all, I've been looking into a 3550 layer 3 switch for it's policy
> based routing functionality. I was wondering if any of you knew if
> juniper or any other company offers a comprable product.
>
> Or maybe you know another way to solve my problem....
>
> I want all frames on a switch to be forwarded to a specific port to a
> linux box. The linux box will then broute the packets and then send
> them to their destination. SPAN just sends a copy of the frame which
> isn't what I want.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>

Hmmm, are you talking about only 'intercepting' traffic to or from a
certain port, or are you talking about rewriting packet headers as they
transit the switch?

I am not exactly sure of your requirements, please provide some more
detail on the scenario

"" <> wrote in message news:< roups.com>...
> Hey all, I've been looking into a 3550 layer 3 switch for it's policy
> based routing functionality. I was wondering if any of you knew if
> juniper or any other company offers a comprable product.
>
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Dave,

You may want to investigate the Tolly Group Layer 3 Switch Competitive
Evaluations:

http://www.tollygroup.com/TS/2002/Te...coT4R02May.pdf

and

http://www.tollygroup.com/TS/2002/Te...TMT4R02May.pdf

As well as Extreme Networks Summit Series Switches:

http://www.extremenetworks.com/produ...it/Default.asp

and the 3Com SuperStack 3 Switch 4900

http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/d...sku=3C17700-US

Sincerely,

Brad Reese
AIM: BradReeseCom
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