[13121] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NAP Architecture
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alec H. Peterson)
Wed Oct 29 12:46:27 1997
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:28:33 -0500
From: "Alec H. Peterson" <ahp@hilander.com>
To: "Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI" <blkirk@float.eli.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.971029081154.29333A-100000@float.eli.net>; from Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI on Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 08:25:33AM -0800
On Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 08:25:33AM -0800, Ben Kirkpatrick, ELI wrote:
>
> Forgive my ignorance on these matters, but why haven't many NAPS tried
> to be L1 based, or at least provide the option of private wire/fiber
> between the larger customers in the same room. It seems to me that this
> would significantly reduce the complexity and packet-loss we're currently
> seeing. How long would it take to troubleshoot a cross-over FE compared
> to trouble shooting two routers connected via a oversubscribed switch.
The PAIX is doing something very similar to this. The prices for
interconnects between cages are very reasonable.
Alec
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