[5607] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ungodly packet loss rates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Tue Oct 22 15:16:03 1996
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:05:36 -0700
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@quake.net>
To: bmanning@isi.edu
Cc: jon@branch.net, michael@memra.com, nanog@merit.edu
>> Oh, well.
>>
>> You do not need 2 or whatever Gbps backplanes to build
>> terabit per second networks.
> Correct. I've got a terabit network on my desk right now.
> Its kind of simple and doesn't scale well... only two ports.
> But what can you expect from strands of fiber... :)
>
>--bill
No, gigabit backplanes are not necessary for _routing IP_ at tbps.
It can be done without fancy silicon. I talked that thru with
many people and they agree that there is at least one way to build
a tbps router in a basement. Software is a different matter, though.
--vadim
