[266] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Aug 15 16:26:28 1995
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 16:22:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Dave Siegel <dsiegel@net99.net>
cc: Jon Zeeff <jon@branch.com>, peter@demon.net, sob@academ.com,
bwatson@mci.net, jerry@fc.net, inet-access@earth.com,
HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il, cidrd@iepg.org, nanog@merit.edu,
local-ir@ripe.net, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <199508151800.LAA02521@dewey.net99.net>
On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Dave Siegel wrote:
> Let's excuse the fact that gated consumes more memory than a cisco for the
> same amount of routes for a second...
>
> Okay, so let's talk functionality.
>
> Are there HSSI PCI cards available? Can you do SMDS over this card? Frame?
> What about a DS3 ATM card, or higher?
>
> I know we can do Ethernet, FDDI, sync, and T1 FR, so that's half of it, but
> there are still lot's of reason's to buy Cisco gear.
>
> I'm not excusing the possibility of being able to use PC's, but the additional
> management issues of having to manage Unix box's in addition to internal
> routing policies, and expansion efforts sounds like a headache. Managing
> a network of Cisco's requires a relatively small amount of time, and my staff
> and I can concentrate on real problems.
Ok, yes you are correct you can't drop a DS3 into the back of a PC, but
why not use a 4500 or 7000 for your ds3's and then use a PC to do the
major BGP4? On a 4500 I only can put in 32 megs or ram. Yes gated will
use more ram for the same number of routes, but I can put 128 meg or more
in a PC.
I think we need to talk about using PC route servers and cisco together
for a solution, the cisco's just can't hold the ram needed.
Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World!
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