Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: Question on IP with ATM (oil and water)
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. |
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