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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/23/08 00:14
Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <MqOdnQLkCvsI3wvanZ2dnUVZ_vbinZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Tim Streater wrote:
>>> In article <zMydnTvjPdWtwgjanZ2dnUVZ_tajnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>>> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>>> They are not servers Jerry, they are routers.
>>>>>
>>>> Most are also servers. They do more than just route traffic. They can
>>>> cache and server pages, for instance.
>>> Errm, no, typical core routers don't do that. They route packets.
>>>
>> It depends on the routers. Some ISP's nowadays also cache commonly
>> requested pages.
>
> They may well do, but I doubt the routers do it. We use Juniper M160 and
> T640 routers with plenty of 10Gbps interfaces (actually we are in the
> process or replacing all the M160). Such routers have no facilities for
> doing layer 3 stuff, as far as I know. I've not heard of the Cisco
> equivalents doing it either.
>
Yep, some of them do. It all depends on the router.
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