Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre

Wed Apr 17 17:12:26 UTC 2002

Spread-spectrum radio systems are not that easy to DoS, a good benefit from
the original military applications.
Trafic sniffing is something to worry with, but IPSEC is there to be used
when needed...

A 11Mbps (half-duplex) wireless LAN is capable of carrying multipoint
traffic interests of a dozen peers with up to T1 speeds traffic interest.
Those speeds were very common in south america when telecom state monopoly
was in place, so it may fit the original poster requirements.

Most wireless vendors have or will soon start shipping upgradable cards to
the 40-60 Mbps wireless standard, which may be more suitable for aggregating
long-haul connections.

Rubens Kuhl Jr.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Timmins" <pault at timmins.net>
To: "Rubens Kuhl Jr." <rkuhljr at uol.com.br>
Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre

>
> Datacenter crossconnects over wireless lan? Now that's clever, but at the
> same time not very scaleable, and it's also quite frightening.
> Nothing like DoS and traffic sniffing from some troublemaker in the
> parking lot...
> -Paul
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:12:48 -0300
> > From: Rubens Kuhl Jr. <rkuhljr at uol.com.br>
> > To: nanog at merit.edu
> > Subject: Re: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre
> >
> >
> >
> > Are there any rules preventing radio transmission on ISM bands from the
> > cabinets ?
> > You could reach other cabinets from yours with wireless LAN...
> >
> >
> > Rubens Kuhl Jr.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Rabagliati" <andyr at wizzy.com>
> > To: <nanog at merit.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:57 AM
> > Subject: Links between cabinets at commercial datacentre
> >
> >
> > >   The data center prohibits direct cabling between clients cabinets,
> > >   even if the clients agree.
> >
> >
>
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