Has PSI been assigned network 1?

Fri Apr 28 16:42:04 UTC 1995

I agree that one cpu does all is outdated monolithic design.
Even hub vendors have two: one for hubbing, one for snmp and rmon.

Mike

On Fri, 
28 Apr 1995, Tony Li wrote:

> 
>    The equipment available today is designed foolishly --
>    route update processing and actual packet processing should NEVER be done by
>    the same CPU -- but it is -- and as such you're dead when this happens.
> 
> Lest anyone believe this, it's bullshit.
> 
> Karl just buys low end gear and then complains because it's not high
> end gear.
> 
> Tony
> 

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