Re: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre

[Paul Timmins <pault () timmins net>]

Datacenter crossconnects over wireless lan? Now that's clever, but at the
same time not very scaleable, and it's also quite frightening.
Nothing like DoS and traffic sniffing from some troublemaker in the
parking lot...
-Paul


On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:12:48 -0300
> From: Rubens Kuhl Jr. <rkuhljr () uol com br>
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre
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> Are there any rules preventing radio transmission on ISM bands from the
> cabinets ?
> You could reach other cabinets from yours with wireless LAN...
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>
> Rubens Kuhl Jr.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Rabagliati" <andyr () wizzy com>
> To: <nanog () merit edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:57 AM
> Subject: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre
>
>
> >   The data center prohibits direct cabling between clients cabinets,
> >   even if the clients agree.

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