Here is a question.. a strange one, no less.
Is it feasible to do this:
WASHINGTON DC NEW YORK CITY
| B R I D G E | MAE -- 100 Mb/s -- | Cisco | -DS3- | Cisco | -- FDDI or -- (multiple East FDDI | 4700M | | 4700M | 100Base T peers) giga Switch
Why? here's why.
Several folks in the same building in NYC want to connect to MAE-East. But, we all don't want T1's or 10 Meg HLI to MAE-East, but DS3. So, this allows us all to connect to the MAE, peer directly with others without an intermediary ASN, and we can split the cost of the routers and the DS3.
I know (at least, I can't think of any reason it can't be done) that is can be done. The unanswered questions are:
1) Will MFS allow us to connect multiple Peers on the same FDDI port (from thier webpage, it looks like it, but I am not sure).
Probably. But the hard part is getting other people to peer with you.
2) Is there any technical reason that the above is bad?
I have not worked with the hssi interface on the 4700, but I would be supprized if you didn't run into a packet forwarding limit well before hitting 45 Mbps. Erik
3) Because we do it the way shown above, does that make us look less attractive (politically) ?
Thanks for any input on this. If there is anything I am missing, please slap me. Thanks.