Subject: RE: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-) Date: Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 12:34:56AM -0700 Quoting George Bonser (gbon...@seven.com): > > Yes, I really don't understand that either. You would think that the > investment in developing and deploying all that SONET infrastructure > has been paid back by now and they can lower the prices dramatically. > One would think the vendors would be practically giving it away, > particularly if people understood the potential improvement in > performance, though the difference between 1500 and 4000 is probably > not all that much except on long distance ( >2000km ) paths.
Even if larger MTUen are interesting (but most of the time not worth the work) the sole reason I like SDH as my WAN technology is the presence of signalling -- so that both ends of a link are aware of its status near-instantly (via protocol parts like RDI etc). In GE it is legal to not receive any packets, which means that "oblivious" is a possible state for such a connection. With associated routing implications. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668 Is this the line for the latest whimsical YUGOSLAVIAN drama which also makes you want to CRY and reconsider the VIETNAM WAR?
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