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Re: Anyone Deployed Ascend's GRF IP Switch?

  • From: Neil J. McRae
  • Date: Tue Aug 26 06:07:02 1997 
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 10:20:50 -0700 
 [email protected] (Christofer Hoff) wrote:

> SO, the bottom line...has anyone else deployed multiple GRF400's with 
> success.  
> Ascend will tell you that UUNET has deployed (or is going to) a 
> hundred or so.
> I want to talk to people USING the technology, not thinking about it.
> 
> Your comments and opinions are welcomed.
> 

Yes I have a pile of them, they work well, but there are alot of
gotchas on them. UUNET are using them now btw:

>Trying 137.39.110.142...
>Connected to 105.ga025.XR4.NYC1.Alter.Net.
>Escape character is '^]'.
>
>
>Ascend Embedded/OS 1.3 (XR4.NYC1.Alter.Net) (ttyp0)
>
>User: Connection closed by foreign host.             

And if you've not used gated before I'd recommend using PC's to do a 
mock up of your planned backbone.

Regards,
Neil.
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