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Networks 101. Sorry couldn't resist it :-) Robert McCallum CCIE #8757 R&S 01415663448 07818002241 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mohan Nanduri [mailto:mnanduri8@aol.com] > Sent: 20 August 2004 15:50 > To: Puddinhead Wilson > Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no; mpls-ops@mplsrc.com > Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: MPLS aware NICs > > > Metro Ethernet: The Definitive Guide to Enterprise & Carrier > Metro Ethernet Applications By Sam Halabi > > > > > > Puddinhead Wilson wrote on 8/20/2004, 9:15 AM: > > Can you recommend some good books on the same? > > > > > > --- sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > > > Ethernet interfaces are very popular for > > > customers > > > > > here in Norway > > > > > too - but again, your core network could be > > > > > completely different. > > > > > > > > yes, but no reason why ethernet would not scale... > > > > > > > > Let me check what the latest rage support on ZX > > > > modules are...a few 100 kms? how costly is it to > > > put > > > > up another switch after every few 100kms? > > > > > > The reason pure Ethernet L2 networks don't scale > > > well have little or > > > nothing to with distance limitations for ZX GBICs > > > (which, by the way, > > > typically is 70 to 100 km). > > > > > > If you don't know why scaling pure Ethernet L2 > > > networks is difficult > > > I would encourage reading up on this before trying > > > to continue the > > > discussion. > > > > > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > > Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > ------- > The MPLS-OPS Mailing List > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml > Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml
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