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Hmm some times custom hardware is needed for switching just of the top of my head you not going to impliment CAM on a bog standard hardware are you. I could im
by mjwalshe 15y ago
Hmm some times custom hardware is needed for switching just of the top of my head you not going to impliment CAM on a bog standard hardware are you.
I could imagine some custom FPGA based modules that you could reprogram on the fly when you needed to regonfigure your networking hardware I am not sure what that buys you networking quipment doesnt have the scale that say a standard pc does apart from maybe acess level switches.
At this moment this seems to be more of a point and drool interface for those that cant hack IOS or pass the CCIE exam.
- wmf 15y agoThere's some interesting (one might say verging on dishonest) terminology here. An incredibly complex and specialized Broadcom switch chip is defined as "commodity" while a very similar Cisco switch chip is defined as "proprietary". What is being commented on is really business models (horizontal vs. vertical integration), not technical aspects.