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I didn't know there was any full-duplex 10BaseT spec... -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Whyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 11:40 AM > To: Jesper Skriver; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: How to loadshare over many E1 links > > > Jesper, > > You might consider MLP (multi-link PPP), with VIP2/50's. > > If you do go with an IMUX, I definitely recommend a HSSI to > the routers, rather than Ethernet, unless the Ethernet is > full-duplex. I've seen really poor performance due to > collisions on the Ethernets at either end because the middle > is actually 16Mbps full-duplex... > > Scott > > > At 12:57 AM 9/18/98 , Jesper Skriver wrote: > >Hi, > > > >How would you loadshare over many (>6) parallel E1 links. > Currently we > >do it by connecting them directly to the Cisco's in each end, and do > >CEF based per-packet loadsharing, it works fine, but support a max of > >6 E1's ... > > > >I've been thinking om something similar to the Larscom inverse MUX > >(http://www.larscom.com/t3ft3/t3_megae.htm), but this one > only support > >4 E1's, then I can use multiple i-mux's and loadshare over > the 8M links > >they provide, but it seems like a poor solution. > > > >Yes, I do know that a E3 would be a far better choice, but our ADM > >(Add-Drop-Multiplexer??) at this specific location only support > >E1's :-( > > > >/Jesper > > > >-- > >Jesper Skriver (JS249-RIPE), Network manager > >Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) > > > >One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, > >One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. > > > ---- > Scott Whyte |"Computers are different > from telephones. > Network Supported Accounts | Telephones ring. > Computers do not ring." > CCIE | -- > Andrew S. Tanenbaum >
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