[5327] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Manning)
Tue Oct 15 10:34:05 1996
From: bmanning@isi.edu (Bill Manning)
To: salo@msc.edu (Tim Salo)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: kri@bellcore.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199610151356.IAA09457@uh.msc.edu> from "Tim Salo" at Oct 15, 96 08:56:26 am
> This is also my understanding. I thought I saw some work being done
> on an enhanced DXI specification, (the interface between the router and
> the ATM DSU), but I think that, for the most part, not much work is
> being done with ATM DSU solutions today. ATM DSUs were largely
> developed as a quick-to-market solution for adding ATM functionality
> to routers, without the need for new router boards. Their time has passed.
>
> -tjs
I don't think that HSSI was designed as a point solution
until ATM came along. Couching your answers in the context
of an ATM solution is presumption, or so it appears to me.
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--bill
