It really depends on the specific hardware. I have Mikrotik routerOS CHR that routes between VLANs at 6Gbit/s without breaking a sweat on a $300 intel box.
At the same time, some managed switches are dirt-cheap nowadays and they generally can push the traffic around as fast as it comes in.
It really depends on the specific hardware. I have Mikrotik routerOS CHR that routes between VLANs at 6Gbit/s without breaking a sweat on a $300 intel box.
At the same time, some managed switches are dirt-cheap nowadays and they generally can push the traffic around as fast as it comes in.