[5366] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randolph C. Nicklas)
Wed Oct 16 16:01:07 1996
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 15:53:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Randolph C. Nicklas" <rcn@mci.net>
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
cc: Jon Green <jon@worf.netins.net>, alex@relcom.eu.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961016094420.26471G-100000@netrail.net>
Nathan,
The vBNS (www.vbns.net) has five GigaRouters, one for each
Supercomputer site it serves. Each GR has one HiPPI interface,
one ATM/OC3c card, and one FDDI card. We run OSPF and BGP4 over
a full ATM PVC mesh. We recently started to deploy v4.7.6,
which enables the GigaRouter to take full routing. Our NetStars
work well with our Cisco 7000/7507s, but our OSPF and especially
our BGP4 configurations are very vanilla.
We have had some issues with the GigaRouters during my tenure
here--I prefer to discuss details one-on-one. Overall, I think
NetStars are a viable alternative to Cisco.
Best Regards,
Randy
On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Nathan Stratton wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Randolph C. Nicklas wrote:
>
> > Jon,
> >
> > Are you aware of the 16-slot Ascend/NetStar GigaRouter?
> > I am not sure if this router supports HSSI/Ethernet
> > yet.
>
> I just got a GRF 1600 in to test and I love it, I would like to here all
> the bad stuff about them ASAP, because I plan on sending them a PO for 8
> of them.
>
> They now have a 16 port and cards like:
>
> 4 port FDDI
> 2 port HSSI
> 4 port ethernet 10/100 Base T
> 8 port ethernet 10/100 Base T
> 2 port OC-3
> 1 port Oc-12
>
>
> Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today!
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