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Re: What PC 155/622 Mb ATM Card to buy ???

  • From: crystal <crystal@postme.net>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:47:26 -0700

If a OC-12 connector cannot be used on a PC-based server than what
server can it be used on? Are we simply using terminology, in that: 
PCs and servers don't have the same PCI bus, Pentium II, 133Mhz FSB, 256
RAM? 

How does an OC-12 connector on the ATM switch/module connect to a
server? Isn't it still one-to-one, and not like some multi-i/o serial
port?  Do you mean that OC-12 connectors only connect from a ATM
switch/module to a router/bridge unit only?

Is the Fore PMC-Sierra PM5355 practically worthless then?

Best Regards,
Crystal.

"Tom Lawrence" <tom@argustech.com> wrote:
> I know of almost no switches that don't support a mixture of OC-3 
> and OC-12.  PC-based servers connecting at OC-3 make sense...  
> PC-based servers connecting at OC-12 translates into about 470Mb 
> of wasted bandwidth.