Fast Networks [was Re: Ungodly packet loss rates]

At 06:54 PM 21-10-96 -0700, bmanning@ISI.EDU wrote:

We can build bigger doors (MTU) but the conveyer belts are stuck at 100Mm/sec. We need faster conveyer belts!

We have them now.

(waiting for HPPI-64 or G-Ether technologies w/ baited breath :)

No need to wait. (Oh, and it would be better if your breath were bated rather than baited :-)

And then watch out 2-4Gbps backplanes... (that is aggregate right?)

-- --bill

There are technologies that already have aggregate throughput of 20+Gbps. --Kent speaking as a L2 agnostic and PacBell NAP consultant