[7972] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "routing table slots" and the real problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin W. Newton)
Mon Mar 3 18:42:28 1997
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 18:50:03 -0500
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>, Gary Zimmerman <garyz@savvis.com>
From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>
Cc: "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net>, nanog@merit.edu,
Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
At 06:16 PM 3/3/97 -0500, Nathan Stratton wrote:
>On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Gary Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> Has anyone looked at Ascend's (NetStar Gigarouter). We have and like the
>> direction. If they continue to deliver, I think they are going in the
>> right direction. Still some parts missing, I hope we can hold on until
>> they get here, but the direction is right. I think the open idea is the
>> only way to go on this issue.
>
>We have been using them for about 5 months now, and I like them a lot. We
>have worked with Ascend to fix a large numbers of problems. They are very
>stable now, and have a lot of people working to make them better.
Out of curiosity, where in your network are you using them? What kind of
traffic loads are they seeing, etc etc?
Justin Newton
Network Architect
Erol's Internet Services
ISP/C Director at Large
