[2647] in North American Network Operators' Group
Inter-exchange media types
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon 'tex' Boone)
Wed Apr 24 16:02:06 1996
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:53:54 -0400
From: "Jon 'tex' Boone" <tex@isc.upenn.edu>
Folks,
I know that many of the Inter-exchange points are using FDDI and
switched FDDI for inter-exchange in lieu (or anticipation) of ATM.
I am wondering if anyone has considered using switched 100baseFx or
similar technology for an inter-exchange. Given the relative
newness of these interfaces on high-end routers I would not be
suprised to hear that no one is using them right now. But has
anyone looked into using them? Is there a good reason to prefer
switched FDDI over 100baseFx (which can do full-duplex 100 Mb/s
switched)?
<tex@isc.upenn.edu>
