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Re: Extending a MAE connection ...
From: Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 08:31:52 -0400 (EDT)
WASHINGTON DC NEW YORK CITY | B R I D G E | MAE -- 100 Mb/s -- | Cisco | -DS3- | Cisco | -- FDDI or -- (multiple East FDDI | 4700M | | 4700M | 100Base T peers) giga Switch
Yes, though some would do it with Netedges :)
1) Will MFS allow us to connect multiple Peers on the same FDDI port (from thier webpage, it looks like it, but I am not sure).
Yes, generally, within reason. 2 or 3 aren't a problem, but 10 might be.
2) Is there any technical reason that the above is bad?
Bridging makes things harder to see, and always runs the risk that dodos will bridge strange stuff into the MAE fabric.
3) Because we do it the way shown above, does that make us look less attractive (politically) ?
If it does, it's too late - you already told everyone about it :) But the answer is: The people who'd want to peer with you probably don't care. And you probably can pick up 5-10% of your traffic bidirectionally via those people at the MAE.
Thanks for any input on this. If there is anything I am missing, please slap me. Thanks.
Avi
Current thread:
- Extending a MAE connection ... Alex Rubenstein (Sep 23)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Tony Li (Sep 23)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... bmanning (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Avi Freedman (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Erik Sherk (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Craig A. Huegen (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Craig A. Huegen (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Nathan Stratton (Sep 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re[2]: Extending a MAE connection ... Rocky Rosas (Sep 24)
- Re: Extending a MAE connection ... Tony Li (Sep 23)