[50805] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Do ATM-based Exchange Points make sense anymore?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Fri Aug 9 17:40:01 2002
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 23:39:11 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <0H0L0096XHS0KF@pmismtp04.wcomnet.com>
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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Nenad Trifunovic wrote:
> It appears that for analysis purposes one has to separate access
> from switching. How much payload one brings to the exchange depends
> on port speed and protocol overhead. In that light, Frame Relay
> can bring similar amount of payload as Ethernet (comparable overhead)
> and preserve good properties of ATM (traffic flow separation).
What functionality does PVC give you that the ethernet VLAN does not?
What is the current max speed of frame relay in any common vendor
implementation (I'm talking routers here).
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
