Abstract

3Com Corp. commissioned The Tolly Group to illustrate that its 3Com Router 5000 Family (Router 5012, Router 5232, Router 5642 and Router 5682 were tested) router line offers seamless interoperability with Cisco’s WAN router IOS running on a Cisco 3745 Multiservice Access Router.

To validate the claim that 3Com’s router offerings can interoperate in a heterogeneous network with Cisco devices, The Tolly Group built an interoperability testbed anchored by both routers. Using this environment, engineers validated more than a dozen different interoperability scenarios focused on core routing protocols, key data link protocols and other advanced functions.

Tests showed the 3Com Router 5000 models interoperated smoothly with the Cisco 3745 in every test scenario attempted. Testing was performed in September 2004 at the Tolly Group’s Boca Raton, FL testing facilities. Read the Test Summary