Core router bakeoff?

Fri May 8 13:38:59 UTC 1998

At 05:33 PM 5/7/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>Gregory Mirsky writes:
>> And Rob, it you're building a backbone I'd add Ascend's GRF to the list.

>Actually, I rather like the architecture of the GRF, though I must
>admit to have never tried one out. I've heard some good things and
>they might be worth a test or two.

i like the GRF 400 i have running in NYC pretty much, except for the
terrible documentation. ascend tech support tells me a new, improved manual
is on the way -- it'd definitely needed. some of the stuff in the manual
they shipped me is simply wrong, and i've needed to pry correct information
out of their tech support organization a number of points.

i also agree with the other comments about ascend's software release group;
they really need to get their act together.

on the other hand, the port density and the cost per port on the GRF are
both quite good, and the performance is definitely there. we're running the
fast ethernet card, OC3c card, and FDDI card in ours, and they all are
gettingg the job done.

richard

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