Peering is a lot of work.
Tim Salo
salo at msc.edu
Tue Oct 29 22:24:48 UTC 1996
> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:10:26 -0500
> To: "Kent W. England" <kwe at 6SigmaNets.com>,
> Robert Laughlin <robert at portal.dx.net>
> From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin at erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Peering is a lot of work.
> [...]
> One can point default at someone whether or not they are peering with the
> person. I am somewhat confused by the thought that people believe that
> they need to be peering with someone to have that person point default at
> them. I could (I don't, but I could), point default at /anyone/ on the
> same switch fabric as me, whether they are peering with me or not. Why do
> people continue to tie these 2 issues together?
> [...]
Unless, of course, you are using ATM for your NAP or interconnect
medium.
-tjs
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