[50506] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE ATM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vincent J. Bono)
Wed Jul 31 21:38:41 2002
From: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org>
To: "Mark Kent" <mark@noc.mainstreet.net>, <scott@graphidelix.net>,
"David Diaz" <davediaz@smoton.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:37:53 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Anyone remember the Magnum's or MetroLans?
:-)
Jon Hardy wherrrrre arrrree youuu!
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Diaz" <davediaz@smoton.net>
To: "Mark Kent" <mark@noc.mainstreet.net>; <scott@graphidelix.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: MAE ATM
>
> I almost forgot about those netedge boxes, seems the one we had in DC
> was about as reliable as a microwave with tin foil in it. I cant
> remember how many times it or a card had been replaced.
>
> Is anyone out there still using them? I do have fond memories of
> fddi, about the only truly stable card on a grf if there was such a
> thing.
>
> Dave
>
> At 22:04 -0700 7/30/02, Mark Kent wrote:
> >>> How did people interconnect before may 1998, fddi?
> >
> >fddi, some remote with netedge boxes at either end of an atm link.
> >There were some 10baseT connections too, there was at least one
> >low end Catalyst switch dedicated to plain ethernet.
> >
> >Here is a big hint:
> >
> >http://www.nanog.org/2.95.NANOG.notes/mae-west.html
> >
> >-mark
>
>
