[8854] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ascend GRF400
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Li)
Sat Apr 26 03:21:08 1997
To: kwe@6SigmaNets.com (Kent W. England)
cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Tony Li <tli@jnx.com>
Date: 26 Apr 1997 00:15:10 -0700
In-Reply-To: kwe@6SigmaNets.com's message of 25 Apr 97 22:01:10 GMT
> Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the GRF-400 was an Ascend product
> and the GRF-1600 is the NetStar GigaRouter, with some additional
> developments.
>
> The GRF-400 is out there in networks like AGIS, NetRail, PSI, DOMINO and
> Savvis. No word on any NetStar-cum-GRF1600 deployments.
>
> Am I right?
My understanding is that the GRF-400 is just a 4 slot version of the
GRF-1600, modulo cosmetic differences, branding etc. Certainly this is one
of the easiest ways that one can take a crossbar switch and produce a cost
reduced, bandwidth reduced midrange.
Tony
p.s. Do I hear a chainsaw in Minneapolis? ;-) ;-) ;-)
