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Re: Ungodly packet loss rates
From: bmanning () ISI EDU (Bill Manning)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 20:41:22 -0700 (PDT)
Bill Manning wrote: In fact... :) To borrow from your FedEx model.. We can build bigger doors (MTU) but the conveyer belts are stuck at 100Mm/sec. We need faster conveyer belts! (waiting for HPPI-64 or G-Ether technologies w/ baited breath :) And then watch out 2-4Gbps backplanes... (that is aggregate right?) Oh, well. You do not need 2 or whatever Gbps backplanes to build terabit per second networks. --vadim
Correct. I've got a terabit network on my desk right now. Its kind of simple and doesn't scale well... only two ports. But what can you expect from strands of fiber... :) --bill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates, (continued)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Michael Dillon (Oct 21)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Ehud Gavron (Oct 21)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Kevin Oberman (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Avi Freedman (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Kevin Oberman (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Ehud Gavron (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Robert Laughlin (Oct 21)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Mark Boolootian (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Bill Manning (Oct 21)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Tony Li (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Andrew Partan (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Dorian R. Kim (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Tony Li (Oct 22)
- Re: Ungodly packet loss rates Dorian R. Kim (Oct 22)