Cisco as Big Brother (Was Re: Cisco's AIP vs HSSI)

Wed Oct 16 13:09:32 UTC 1996

Jon,

Are you aware of the 16-slot Ascend/NetStar GigaRouter?
I am not sure if this router supports  HSSI/Ethernet
yet.

					Randy

>I took a look at the Ascend GRF (which stands for "Goes Real Fast").  I
>was impressed with the performance of it, but not with the size.  It's
>too small.  With only 4 slots, it can have 8 HSSI ports, 8 ATM OC-3
>ports, or 4 OC-12 ports.  I don't think that's large enough for most of
>the big providers.  It also has no V.35 ports, which are important for
>some of us that are doing a mixture of high-speed links and slower T1.
>The number of packets this thing can push through it is impressive, though.
>
>-Jon

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