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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 [email protected] 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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