Looking for router recommendations

The company I work for is looking for an inexpensive router that will
support jumbo frames & has a configurable MTU. The idea is to be able to
fragment standard & jumbo sized IP datagrams to see how the product under
test on either side of the router reacts. I can't find an easy way to
search for routers on the web based on features such as this.

Any suggesions or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Robert

"Robert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<5vwnc.58814$Ik.4594165@attbi_s53>...
> The company I work for is looking for an inexpensive router that will
> support jumbo frames & has a configurable MTU. The idea is to be able to
> fragment standard & jumbo sized IP datagrams to see how the product under
> test on either side of the router reacts. I can't find an easy way to
> search for routers on the web based on features such as this.
>
> Any suggesions or advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Robert

You might want to take a look at Linux itself as a router in this case
-- assuming of course that configurability is more to the point than
low latency.

These refs will give you a glance at what is available to tweak --
both in a router setup as well as hosts.

http://ipsysctl-tutorial.frozentux.n...-tutorial.html ip
varibles
http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.kernel.html whole howto worth a look
over
http://linux-ip.net/html/ good but perhaps not applicable
http://www.psc.edu/networking/perf_tune.html#Linux GigE

You would be much more likely to find or make the kind of
tracking/accounting stats at the router needed/useful for your setup.
Iptables provides quite a lot out of the box.

There are several Linux/router projects around as well that may
provide some specific advantages for you, but most, I believe, leave
the ip stack very similar to a stock kernel.

Anyway, it might be worth consideration.

Ciscos running IOS 11+ (certainly 12) may provide what you need -- at
least they are cheaper on the used market than they used to be (but
not bargain basement as after the dot bomb). The IOS docs are here:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/...ware/index.htm

Not familiar with other products/possibilities. I would think you
would have to look over the software docs for the kind of details you
need.

hth,
prg
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I will tell you this. I am a very big fan of Cisco. Now that I am
much more familiar with routers and how they operate I have tested
many others. I'm particularly impressed by Foundry Networks. The CLI
is just like Cisco with a few exceptions here N there. Nortell is
also pretty good. In a side by side comparison Cisco is actually one
of the more poorer choice "IN TERMS OF SPEED and all that good stuff".
I will try to find a very detailed side by side comparison on all the
major routers that I have. I will post the article as well as where
to find it once I remember.