[22331] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: poll: are any sizable exchange points using gigabit ether?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Austin Schutz)
Wed Dec 23 05:42:21 1998
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 02:35:54 -0800
From: Austin Schutz <tex@shrubbery.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981222161859.13255B-100000@enterprise.ic.gc.ca>; from William F. Maton on Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 04:23:43PM -0500
>Problem with gigE is distance though...
>So ATM may be the answer for the short term.
>
Long Haul GE is capable of the usual ~5-10 mile distances as anything
else running over singlemode fiber.
In theory it could be run over sonet, though I don't believe hardware
exists to do that (yet?) or if it would be worthwhile. There appear to be
(http://www.positronfiber.com/pfs/nav/products/ether_set.htm) devices to run
fast ether over sonet. Anyone actually using something like this care to
comment?
Austin
