The IP over ATM Mailing List Archive by date[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] What size is a LIS?
On 5/11/95, Andrew Smith wrote:
>Do people really want to pay for 100 overhead VCCs for 100 hosts
>in the LIS across those long links, compared to 1 overhead VCC
>if they could deploy MCSs ??
Obviously not, unless carriers offered secure switched virtual paths and
the 100 overhead VCCs didn't cost extra.
>The point is that if you want to build an LIS with today's ATM technology,
>it *is* a critical issue to know if your system can deal with LIS sizes
>of 50, 100, 200 or 1000 hosts.
Agreed.
>Would you as a LAN sysop want to buy an ATM router port for every
>few users (they're only $20000 or so each), in addition to that whole heap of
>ATM switch hardware and software that you just bought?
Users would not likely want that.
>I know that *I* am interested in deploying LISs with 100 hosts on them.
Users are interested in both large and small LISs.
>Are there any other people out there listening with any views on this?
Yup, see above.
Dell.
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