[3522] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sell shell accounts?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Fri Jul 19 18:47:54 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: vansax@atmnet.net (Jim Van Baalen)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 18:45:50 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: vansax@atmnet.net, richards@netrex.com, agislist@interstice.com,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199607192216.PAA09632@core.atmnet.net> from "Jim Van Baalen" at Jul 19, 96 03:16:12 pm
>I don't disagree with anything you have said. I don't think "too many hops"
>is an interesting criticism of an NSPs network. All I was saying is that it is
>possible, using switches, to reduce your hop count. I am not arguing the
>merits of doing so. Today, regardless of how fast switches can push cells, if
>your network is IP based you need to traverse routers. When the routers get
>overloaded you must either install more routers or faster routers.
Hmm, I would say:
Today, regardless of whether you use switches or routers or both, if
you're not making effective/correct internal-WAN load-balancing
decisions, you're screwed (assuming you have enough internal redundancy/
bandwidth to run your network even with 100% optimal routing decisions).
>Jim
>
>Ps. I don't take it personally Avi. I only argue with you because when I do
>I often learn something.
Good, I was going to send you private e-mail to make clear that I was
just on a religious ATM vs. Routed network thing - nothing personal.
I'll still come down to visit after ISPCON.
And I incuded nanog@ to get the opinion of others...
Avi
