North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Cable Modem [really good network design]
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:37:34 -0400 (EDT) Greg A. Woods wrote: > > I strongly recommend you spend some quality time with the DOCSIS > > spec... Personally, I think DSL and wireless modems would benefit from > > using DOCSIS. I have not thought hard about this issue and am > > interested in other opinions... > > You do learn fast! ;-) I haven't yet learned not to make weak jokes on mailing lists... > However you'd better watch out. DOCSIS-1.0 is an implementer's worst > nightmare. At best it provides a low-level physical layer spec. and the > rest of it is pretty much useless in prodcution. 2.0 solves some of the > problems, but introduces more. My experience has been that DOCIS-1.0 is unusable, 1.1 works well. I have no experience with 2.0. But then, I don't get out much... [sorry! weak joke!] regards, fletcher
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