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[Puddinhead Wilson <puddinghead_wilson007@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hi RObert!


Guess who needs to read :))???


-PW
BS,MS, Univ of Cal.
PhD, Swansea


 --- "McCallum, Robert" <robert.mccallum@thus.net>
wrote: 
> 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
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > >     
> > >     
> > >         
> > >
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