CIDR FAQ
alex at kiae.su
alex at kiae.su
Wed Aug 16 10:31:59 UTC 1995
Sorry, what's the original question?
really, we have a great experience with gated and PC based routers there...
> At 11:00 AM 8/15/95, Dave Siegel wrote:
> >Let's excuse the fact that gated consumes more memory than a cisco for the
> >same amount of routes for a second...
> >
> >Okay, so let's talk functionality.
> >
> >Are there HSSI PCI cards available? Can you do SMDS over this card? Frame?
> >What about a DS3 ATM card, or higher?
>
> And Paul Traina wrote something vaguely similar.
>
> I think you guys are both missing what I think was Jon's original point:
> Routers forward packets faster than PCs, but the forwarding function and
> the routing protocol function do not have to reside on the same box. You
> can add a PC (workstation, whatever) which runs the routing protocol and
> stuffs routes into the router. It doesn't have to support the link-layer
> du jour. Ethernet will do the job just fine.
>
> As I recall the original discussion was of colocating a router, to forward
> packets, with a workstation, to compute routes.
>
> --John
>
>
>
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