RE: long distance gigabit ethernet

["Bill St. Arnaud" <bill.st.arnaud () canarie ca>]

Forget it with today's technology. All long haul systems use SONET framing.
But with the 10Gbe standard WAN PHY you can directly connect into a SONET
transponder and your ethernet will be carried transparently.

Bill

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Bill St. Arnaud
Senior Director Network Projects
CANARIE Inc
www.canarie.ca/~bstarn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Greg Pendergrass
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:36 AM
> To: 'Nanog@Merit. Edu'
> Subject: long distance gigabit ethernet
>
>
>
> I'm looking at long-haul gigabit ethernet as a possible solution versus
> traditional SONET and I'm a little bit wary as promises made on web pages
> and white papers aren't *always* completely accurate.  I'd
> appreciate it if
> you all would share your experiences with it. By long-haul I mean in the
> hundreds or thousands of miles. I need to know:
>
> a. Does it work properly?
>
> b. Who offers it in the continental US?
>
> Please contact me off-list. Any information is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Greg Pendergrass