[1465] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: value of co-location
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russ Pagenkopf)
Fri Jan 19 21:45:17 1996
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 19:17:03 -0700 (MST)
From: Russ Pagenkopf <russ@ism.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960119231617.006b0818@mail.cts.com>
On Fri, 19 Jan 1996, Kent W. England wrote:
> At 12:24 PM 1/19/96 -0500, Stephen Balbach wrote:
> >Get a 100Mb FDDI or Ethernet connection between the two colocated
> >routers.
> >
> >Then bring in multiple Fast packet services into your router which then
> >aggregates out the LAN port.
> >
> >
> This breaks down when the connection speed goes from DS-3 to OC-3.
I understand this (I think :), but I've a theoretical question.
Assuming the following:
T1 T1 T1 T1 ...
| | | | |
R R R R R [R = router]
| | | | |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Etherswitch |
+---------------+---------------+
|(A) [A = 10Mb Ethernet]
+---------------+---------------+
| Cisco 4500 |
+---------------+---------------+
|
T3
Just how many T1->Router->Etherswitch connections can be run through
point A (a single 10Mb ethernet) before things become unbearable (real
world here, I think I can do the math :-)? Should I look at a 100Mb
ethernet port on the 4500 instead of the dual 10M ethernet option?
I'm working on a project for a small NAP, and this concerns me. I'd
rather not do something stupid with the money ;).
rus
Russ Pagenkopf (406) 542-0838 Internet Services Montana (ism.net)
Hardware and Business Manager Connecting the World to Montana
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