Posted by Tim Streater on 01/22/08 19:33

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.

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