Re: Faster 'Net growth rate raises fears about routers
On Mon, 02 April 2001, Adrian Chadd wrote:
*shakes head* people keep forgetting this. Do you guys also think you can solve the internets problems by adding more bandwidth?
The Internet has long practiced the "just-in-time," "solve-only-the-current-problem" style of network engineering. If we can solve the internet's problems for a few more years by adding more bandwidth, why do something more complex? Yeah, OSI/ISO, IPV6, ATM/MPLS etc solve several problems the Internet doesn't have yet. But until that time, gun the engine and ram the envelope. It may not be elegant, but it gets today's job done.
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Mon, 02 April 2001, Adrian Chadd wrote:
*shakes head* people keep forgetting this. Do you guys also think you can solve the internets problems by adding more bandwidth?
The Internet has long practiced the "just-in-time," "solve-only-the-current-problem" style of network engineering. If we can solve the internet's problems for a few more years by adding more bandwidth, why do something more complex?
Yeah, OSI/ISO, IPV6, ATM/MPLS etc solve several problems the Internet doesn't have yet. But until that time, gun the engine and ram the envelope. It may not be elegant, but it gets today's job done.
Because it tends to get people into the "Hrm, can just fudge it with $BLAH for now" frame of mind, and they stop looking long-term. Finding the balance between short-term and long-term is currently my hobby. :-) Adrian -- Adrian Chadd "The fact you can download a 100 megabyte file <adrian@creative.net.au> from half way around the world should be viewed as an accident and not a right." -- Adrian Chadd and Bill Fumerola
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