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Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))

  • From: Randolph C. Nicklas
  • Date: Wed Oct 16 16:25:33 1996 
Nathan,

The vBNS (www.vbns.net) has five GigaRouters, one for each 
Supercomputer site it serves. Each GR has one HiPPI interface, 
one ATM/OC3c card, and one FDDI card. We run OSPF and BGP4 over
a full ATM PVC mesh. We recently started to deploy v4.7.6,
which enables the GigaRouter to take full routing. Our NetStars
work well with our Cisco 7000/7507s, but our OSPF and especially
our BGP4 configurations are very vanilla.

We have had some issues with the GigaRouters during my tenure
here--I prefer to discuss details one-on-one. Overall, I think
NetStars are a viable alternative to Cisco.

					Best Regards,
					Randy


On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Nathan Stratton wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Randolph C. Nicklas wrote:
> 
> > Jon,
> > 
> > Are you aware of the 16-slot Ascend/NetStar GigaRouter?
> > I am not sure if this router supports  HSSI/Ethernet
> > yet.
> 
> I just got a GRF 1600 in to test and I love it, I would like to here all
> the bad stuff about them ASAP, because I plan on sending them a PO for 8
> of them.
> 
> They now have a 16 port and cards like:
> 
> 4 port FDDI
> 2 port HSSI
> 4 port ethernet 10/100 Base T
> 8 port ethernet 10/100 Base T
> 2 port OC-3
> 1 port Oc-12
> 
> 
> Nathan Stratton		  CEO, NetRail, Inc.    Tracking the future today!
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> 
> 

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