recommendations regarding IPS

"Hegger, Stefan" <Stefan.Heggerlycos-europe.com> writes:

> hope not bothering you but I'm looking for some
experiences with IPS
> systems. There are several vendors but is there a
recommandation or some
> tests? As Service provider we need a system which
handles the scanning
> in hardware and it should work as a layer2 bridge (no
IP).

what speed, what problem are you trying to solve, and what
do you mean
by "in hardware"?  no fpgas?  

                                        ---rob