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The 4908-L3 is well over 10 years old, and Cisco announced the end of life for the C4908-L3 way back in 2004. That being said, this switch can be matched up against current offerings from companies like Netgear or Linksys and easily hold it's own in terms of performance. When you factor in the fact that it runs full blown IOS, provides 8 gigabit ethernet ports which use standard GBICs, dynamic routing protocols like OSPF & BGP*, and costs around $100-250... this thing wins hands down in my opinion. There are a few draws backs though. There is no ssh support on the version of IOS it runs, and it's also missing a few layer2-orientated protocols like VTP & DTP found on most other Cisco switches. Also, while the ports are gigabit... they are just that, gigabit. No 100Mb, no 10Mb. Just 1000Mb. For me, this switch makes a perfect aggregation switch, OSPF border router, or even a distribution switch thanks to BGP. Through both OSPF & BGP standard configurations, it will do load sharing across multiple ports. The biggest drawback is the lack of ssh support, but that's easily worked around with ssh-enabled freebsd or linux box with a multiport serial card :)Read full review
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