[3956] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Agenda for next NANOG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schnell, Sprint Corporation)
Fri Aug 30 17:27:35 1996
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 16:05:30 -0500
To: Vince Fuller <vaf@WR.BBNPLANET.COM>
From: schnell@gsd.sprint.com (Steve Schnell, Sprint Corporation)
Cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, "Susan R. Harris" <srh@merit.edu>,
nanog@merit.edu
OK, you can color me a NAP apologist. As a NAP operator I don't have the
resources at my disposal to conduct the suggested tests. (A couple of DEC
Alpha or other capable workstations attached to the NAP media would be a
nice asset.) However, as a L2 network operator I would be VERY interested
in learning of my customers' perception of the service provided.
Steve
At 12:51 8.30.96, Vince Fuller wrote:
> > Are there other topics you'd like to hear about?
>
> How about
>
> Analysis of Actual End to End Performance accross the NAPs/MAEs
>
> To be given by each operator?
>
> (as opposed to "everything is wonderful because we dropped no packets
> across ten feet of level-2 wire")
>
>An excellent topic, to be sure, but how do you propose that this be measured?
>
>About the only thing NAP operators can directly gather and report upon is the
>"ten feet of level-2 wire".
>
>And before anyone color me a NAP apologist (I'm certainly not, as some
>interconnect operators can probably attest), this is a serious question,
>not an excuse for any poor performance that _may_ have been observed at
>interconnects.
>
> --Vince
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