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yOn Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Jay wrote: > > Speaking of tools, we're releasing an open source utility called "OpRoute" > at the end of this month. The tool works something like traceroute, but it > also reports # of NAPs, AS hops, layer 3 hops, latency, packet loss, > etc... It also gives you the option to show a side-by-side compariason of > those statistics (from "a" to "z") on your network versus another outside > network. > And just how do you know when someone went through a NAP? > Anyway, this is coming out (with source code) at the end of the month -- > if interested, I'll post a notice to this list when its released. > Very interested. I _REALLY_ get off on screwing with marketing hype motivated people. > "Thrashing" routes is a concern. We have to throttle-back our > optimizations and have put in some algorithms for dealing with this. The > actual process of changing the route we do with proprietary protocols > in-house. > Read: Modify route-map xxx "clear ip bgp x.x.x.x soft in" > As for multihomed customers, that gets me into a whole new area... I don't > know if this list would care to hear the entire bit, so I'll just hit the > basics. If anyone wants more information, just email me off-list. Anyway, > our current product (bandwidth) is being augmented by a new product > (called IRIS) that goes into beta in April. IRIS is basically a > client-side version of the routing intelligence technologies which > interoperates with our core. IRIS is specifically for diverse networks > (multihomed or otherwise) -- no matter if they're using the Opnix > bandwidth product or not. > Let me guess. IRIS doesn't run on the 75xx or 120xx? Rules of thumb in internet marketing to geeks: (1) Make it work with Cisco (2) Make it ACT like Cisco > > multihomed to multiple Opnix PNAPS^H^H^H^(oops, wrong marketing hype > > engine enabled)POPS? > > > Heh, you can never keep the marketing department under control. :) > > ~Jay It's real easy when you have ENGINEER types holding the purse. You don't let the Marketing Types release BULLSHIT to the word. If/When they do, you fire their dumb %$$es. It's that simple. They have released something that is going to be an EMBARRASSMENT to the company in front of anyone who is technically compitent. They have alienated 90% of your customer base. They are FIRED. --- John "Never fired a Marketing Type I didn't already hate" Fraizer EnterZone, Inc
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