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Re: Question on IP with ATM (oil and water)

  • From: "David Vlack" <cptvdeo@inil.com>
  • Date: 11 Jun 97 18:43:02 GMT



Mahesh V. Tripunitara <tripunit@cs.purdue.edu> wrote in article
<5nmh7a$2d3$1@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu>...
> What is the "best" way to bypass the router and connect the Asx 200
> switches to the Asx 1000 directly? Should we run IP over ATM instead of
> LANE in all the hosts? Is that the answer?
> ...
> Thanks very much,
> Mahesh.
> -- 
ATM and IP are like oil and water. Why not use ATM only for wide area
access and stick with fast Ethernet switching except when you must chop
those packets into those tiny ATM cells because you can't get a real
circuit to where you want to go for the same price or less than a virtual
one.