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Re: Cache-as-cache-can

  • From: Katsuhiro Kondou
  • Date: Tue Nov 17 18:32:49 1998 
In article <m0zfoVs-0004N3C@maya.whs.verio.net>,
	jzeeff@verio.net (Jon Zeeff) wrote;

} I agree.  You probably don't want these boxes doing more than a simple
} default route.   For that, rip1 or static+HSRP are fine.  Let routers route.

There are three problem even if above case is in use.
1 Cache appliance receives icmp redirect, if the gateway is
  not suitable to go.  And the disaster happens, when the
  redirected router is down.
2 We see the same packet twice, if the packet redirected.
  This may lead higher cpu usage for the router.
-- 
Katsuhiro Kondou