[7496] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Peering Point - Atlanta Internet eXchange (AIX)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Thu Feb 13 19:44:22 1997
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970211210115.28853H-100000@netrail.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 19:30:38 -0500
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@clark.net>
Cc: Dorn Hetzel <dorn@atl.eni.net>,
"Jeffrey C. Ollie" <jeff@ollie.clive.ia.us>, nanog@merit.edu
At 9:04 PM -0500 2/11/97, Nathan Stratton wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
>
>> The main idea is that this is a place to exchange traffic, not make
>> another huge circle of routers (if we can avoid it). Bay has been
>> kind enough to sponsor this exchange with switches and routers that
>> can be shared in a number of ways, removing the need for many participants
>> to bring their own router. This will also result in VERY low cost of
>> connection.
>
>But the big question is, is it protected from a airplane crashing into it?
>
Isn't there an option for the single-mode OC-3 card, where you turn the
level WAY up and let the router defend itself?
Whole new meaning to collision avoidance algorithms.
Howard
