On Sat, 26 Oct 1996, Darin Wayrynen wrote:
Of course, I was half-joking, but why only one Gigaswitch? Why not two, for redundancy, as is implemented at Pennsauken?
With a backup FDDI ring? And I assume, spare power supplies and processors?
Which begs a question: why use a Giga-switch at all?
With the head of line blocking feature/problem and scalability only to full duplex 100 mbps is a Gigaswitch something that should be used in a next generation NAP?
I'm not suggesting it's intended to be the next generation NAP, but you'd think that they would want to use the latest switches and technology available, rather than continue down the FDDI road.
200 mbps full duplex, and I think it is fine for now. Come on, MAE-NewYork that just opened started with only a 10 meg catlyst. I started with a gigaswitch. No, I don't think the gigaswitch will be in the next generation NAP, but it is a good start. We are looking at other options now for the future. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email sales@netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34