[69018] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Personal Co-location Registry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Mon Mar 22 07:29:08 2004
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:28:29 +0000
From: Simon Lockhart <simon.lockhart@bbc.co.uk>
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFFA24566C.B075AAA8-ON80256E5F.00422497-80256E5F.0042EEC2@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon Mar 22, 2004 at 12:11:04PM +0000, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> One serial port is for a daisy-chained
> serial bus that can allow one control module to talk
> to other boxen.
Personally, I have a major dislike for daisy-chained control buses like this.
All it needs is one box at the start of the bus to go bad and you've lost
control all the other boxes on the bus.
Simon
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