[50510] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE ATM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert M. Enger)
Wed Jul 31 22:17:03 2002
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:15:45 -0400
To: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org>
From: "Robert M. Enger" <enger@seka.erols.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <012301c238fc$0e07ee30$7680ba8c@VINNYARMADA>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Ah yes, the infamous FiberMux Magnum.
Seemed to function as a register insertion ring.
Was found to be susceptible to "capture effect".
A prime example of data-ignorant, bonehead telco design.
At 09:37 PM 7/31/2002 -0400, Vincent J. Bono wrote:
>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
>>
>>
