New MAE-EAST

Thu Nov 6 00:52:46 UTC 1997

Richard Irving wrote:
> 
> Paul D. Robertson wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Adam Hersh wrote:
> >
> > > With all of the problems with MAE-EAST.....
> > >
> > > Any plans from anyone to create a ATM exchange point in the DC area?
> >
> > Given the latency we've seen over some ATM backbones, I certainly hope not.  I
> > agree with Paul that MTU sizes in gigabit ethernet make it very
> > attractive as a next step,

    Our nets *Scream*.
 
 > > I'd certainly be interested in seeing anything
> > anyone has on fragmentation related delays going from a large MTU switched
> > environment to a small MTU switched environment though.  Overall, I've
> > been less-than-pleased with latency when I've been transited that way.
> >

        Uh... Doctor , it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: So don't do that!
 
    Hint, it is *pretty* foolish to run mixed MTU's on switched fabric.
  *Most* people on ATM exchanges run with common MTU's.
 
   
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