13 Jul
1997
13 Jul
'97
10:27 p.m.
The router side could turn the argument. "With a routed backbone, you can actually SEE what is happening to your packets. It is not a hidden unknown, thus prone to failure you can not diagnose. With routers you know it went bad at nqu1. With switches, it just went bad."
Cynics mike argue that lack of end user visibility of network problems is a compelling argument *for* NSPs to deploy switched backbones ... ("No, our backbone is just fine, { the NAP lost your packet | it got stolen by the packet fairies } " etc ...) Alex Bligh Xara Networks