[53476] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PAIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Nov 15 14:37:51 2002
To: fkittred@gwi.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:20:36 EST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:37:08 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:20:36 EST, fkittred@gwi.net said:
> relatively cheap. I know our costs are lower and quality is higher
> than our competitors and I believe the reason is that we go for a
> simple network designed around cheap routers and fat pipes. We made
OK. I'll bite. What do you define as a "cheap" router, and just as
important, what counts as a "fat" pipe where you are? You didn't choose
the well-known router line from the well-known vendor(*) that handles
line-speed packets, as long as you don't even whisper "ingress filtering"
within it's hearing, did you?
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
(*) Yes, there's multiple answers to this one.
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