[103463] in North American Network Operators' Group
fiber switch for gig
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Staples)
Tue Apr 1 21:54:06 2008
From: "Andrew Staples" <andrews@ltinet.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <29446.1207094753@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:54:43 -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central switch
for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.
Considering:
DLink DXS-3326GSR
NetGear GSM7312
Foundry SX-FI12GM-4
Zyxel GS-4012F
I realize not all these switches are IEEE 802.3ae, Clause 49 or IEEE 802.3aq
capable.
Andrew
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Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
To: Michael Loftis
Cc: frank@dticonsulting.com; michael.dillon@bt.com; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: cooling door
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:47 MDT, Michael Loftis said:
> Yeah except in a lot of areas there is no MAN, and the ILECs want to
> bend you over for any data access. I've no idea how well the MAN idea
> is coming along in various areas, but you still have to pay for access
> to it somehow, and that adds to overhead. Which leads to attempt
> efficiency gains through centralization and increased density.
I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across town becomes cost
effective when compared to running gigabit to the other end of your server
room/cage/whatever.
