[292] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (alex@kiae.su)
Wed Aug 16 06:45:05 1995
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 14:31:59 +0400
To: dsiegel@net99.net, jgs@aads.net
Cc: cidrd@iepg.org, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu, inet-access@earth.com,
local-ir@ripe.net, nanog@merit.edu
From: alex@kiae.su
Sorry, what's the original question?
really, we have a great experience with gated and PC based routers there...
> At 11:00 AM 8/15/95, 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?
>
> And Paul Traina wrote something vaguely similar.
>
> I think you guys are both missing what I think was Jon's original point:
> Routers forward packets faster than PCs, but the forwarding function and
> the routing protocol function do not have to reside on the same box. You
> can add a PC (workstation, whatever) which runs the routing protocol and
> stuffs routes into the router. It doesn't have to support the link-layer
> du jour. Ethernet will do the job just fine.
>
> As I recall the original discussion was of colocating a router, to forward
> packets, with a workstation, to compute routes.
>
> --John
>
>
>
