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OK, you can color me a NAP apologist. As a NAP operator I don't have the resources at my disposal to conduct the suggested tests. (A couple of DEC Alpha or other capable workstations attached to the NAP media would be a nice asset.) However, as a L2 network operator I would be VERY interested in learning of my customers' perception of the service provided. Steve At 12:51 8.30.96, Vince Fuller wrote: > > Are there other topics you'd like to hear about? > > How about > > Analysis of Actual End to End Performance accross the NAPs/MAEs > > To be given by each operator? > > (as opposed to "everything is wonderful because we dropped no packets > across ten feet of level-2 wire") > >An excellent topic, to be sure, but how do you propose that this be measured? > >About the only thing NAP operators can directly gather and report upon is the >"ten feet of level-2 wire". > >And before anyone color me a NAP apologist (I'm certainly not, as some >interconnect operators can probably attest), this is a serious question, >not an excuse for any poor performance that _may_ have been observed at >interconnects. > > --Vince ******************************************************************************** Phone: 1.816.854.2113 Fax: 1.816.854.2201 Pager: 1.888.366.7890, PIN 398.6644 Alpha Page via Internet: [email protected] ******************************************************************************** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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