[6085] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why doesn't BGP...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tine Hutchison)
Mon Nov 11 15:27:57 1996
From: "Tine Hutchison" <tine@interaccess.com>
To: "Vadim Antonov" <avg@pluris.com>, <marten@BayNetworks.com>,
<roll@Stupi.SE>
Cc: <edm@halcyon.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:06:55 -0600
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: From: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
: Seriously, the load-sensitive traffic management _can_ be done,
: but to do it you a) need full knowledge of the load patterns,
: plus some historical data, and b) have a way to control system
: in steps less drastic than rerouting an entire flow.
:
: Can't be done with ciscos, or any existing routers...
:
: --vadim
Not true... 3Com's Internet Backbone class router will do it! Well,
someday it will, maybe, if that's what we really want, it could... perhaps.
Tine Hutchison
Network Engineer
Interaccess Co.
tine@interaccess.com
312/496-4653
