Hello: It could also just be a direct Ethernet path over a SONET circuit without the inherent 802.17 resiliency. You should ask them for more information about their infrastructure. Are they using 802.17? Is it path-protected on the SONET side?
Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Khavkine Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:05 PM To: MARLON BORBA Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Ethernet over SDH tutorial/concepts. This is most likely something like RPR/802.17 which is Ethernet over Sonet/SDH. Cheers Paul On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, MARLON BORBA wrote: > >Dear NANOGers, > >We are in process of choosing a new corporate ISP for our company. One of them >offered us connection to their backbone using Ethernet over SDH. I'd like to >find some introductory texts or prospects about that technology and some >advice about its pros/cons when compared to traditional data circuits. > > > >Abraços, >Marlon Borba, CISSP. >-- >GTER 20/GTS 02.05 - Participe! >http://eng.registro.br/gter20/prog.html >-- > > ************************************************ Paul Khavkine Networks/Systems Planning and Engineering DISTRIBUTEL Communications. 740 Notre Dame West, Suite 1135 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3X6 +1-514-877-5505 x 263 http://www.distributel.net ************************************************
