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> From: Dave Siegel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: ATM Wide-Area Networks (was: sell shell accounts?) > To: [email protected] (Tim Salo) > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 10:22:23 -0700 (MST) > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > [...] > Even > with the improved buffering, if you fill your pipe into the ATM switch, > your ATM switch still becomes a packet shredder, compared to the more > graceful packet drops seen on a clear channel line. > [...] "Good" ATM switches are doing Early Packet Discard and Partial Packet Discard. You can ask your favorite switch vendor for details, or look at the following for a nice summary: http://www.fore.com/html/atm-edu/whitep/FTBMWP.html -tjs I am not quite sure how an ATM switch becomes a "packet shredder," or even what a "packet shredder" is... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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