[178503] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: symmetric vs. asymmetric [was: Verizon Policy Statement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles Fidelman)
Fri Feb 27 19:47:17 2015
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:47:11 -0500
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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Jack Bates wrote:
> On 2/27/2015 2:47 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Let's not go overboard here. Can we remember that most corporate and
>> campus (and, for that matter home) networks are symmetric, at least
>> at the edges. Personally, I figure that by deploying PON, the major
>> carriers were just asking for trouble down the line. It's not like
>> carrier-grade gigE switches are that much more expensive than PON gear.
>>
>
> I'll disagree on the home part. I doubt that most homes are symmetric.
Just to be clear - I'm talking about the local switch/router sitting on
a home network, not the connection to the outside world. Last time I
looked, commodity gigE switches were symmetric - good for network
attached storage, media servers, that sort of thing. (Come to think of
it, though, I've never paid attention to whether the WiFi side is
symmetric.)
Miles
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
