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Old 12-24-2007, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by xenia View Post
Hi,

Pace of Layer 3 switches is considered much slower than Layer 2 switchs.
Thats not entirely true. The first packet in a routed stream will be forwarded slower than switching based on MAC address. However most multilayer switches support wirespeed forwarding of sequencial packets in a stream (after the initial routing decision is made).
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