[asterisk-biz] New IP PBX lifting the bar

[Andy Davidson]

On 26 Oct 2007, at 19:06, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:

>   Cisco survived on that model for a long, long time.  Look at the  
> difference between the 2600 and the 2800.  The 2600 (maybe not the  
> XMs) were pathetic.  A 2621 couldn't NAT any faster than 20Mbps.   
> VPN?   Forget about it.  EVERYTHING was done in software.

A 2621 couldn't nat more than 20Mbps because it could only switch at  
12Mbps with CEF enabled. :-) (Ciscos figures)  It was end-of-life'd  
nearly five years ago !

But I have to defend the router series that I used as my swiss army  
knife of CPE in a variety of scenarios until a year or two ago.  They  
have lots of positive attributes - they're tiny, low noise, low  
power, have such a wide range of WICs that will fit in it so you can  
throw loads of line presentations at them, they support every routing  
protocol I have needed them to in an enterprise environment, and will  
tunnel capably back to HQ offices pretty respectably.

The 2811 is now probably the CPE swiss army knife of choice, as  
enterprise presentations get faster and vpn requirements are more  
typical.  But on a budget you should STILL consider whether the 2621  
can do a job for you - you can probably get one from ebay for under  
$50 instead of probably over $1000 for the 2811.





Best wishes,
Andy Davidson

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