[125908] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DHCP Use (was Re: )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Mon Apr 26 09:46:10 2010
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:42:31 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1004260726220.6768@uplift.swm.pp.se>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
>
> Yes, running IPoETHoATMoDSL is really nice if you own the dslam
> yourself, then it's only a media converter. It's also nice to be able to
> have a very simple L3 device in the CO and do routing there, avoids all
> the need for secure metro ethernet and long L2 transport. very clean.
>
I don't do anything without consideration of the future. My own network,
and even some of the local AT&T pops easily handle sliding of DSL
customers to interconnected ISPs. Extremely easy with ATM, and even
doable with 802.1ad for those non-atm DSLAMs (idiotic sales pitch isn't
it? Of course, it has ATM!).
Jack
