Anybody using GBICs?

Tue Oct 28 23:16:32 UTC 2003

I'm just curious as to what kind of question it is... apologies if I sound rude
to you.. but...

What difference does this question make from following:

"I am doing a research about GigE connectivity. How many people use Gigabit
PCI NIC's in their servers, and where in your systems division do you use them
the most??"

GigE is gives you.. 1 gigabit of connectivity. So.. anything that requires more
than 100baseTX bandwidth, and with shorter distance, anyone would use GE whether
its customer, peering, backbone, workstation, or even home computer, whatever
works. Ethernet is all about Al Cheapo port cost at fast speeds ;-)

-Hc

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:36:26PM -0800, lance_tatman at agilent.com wrote:
> 
> To be more clear, I'm specifically referring to Gigabit Ethernet Converters and not
> SFPs for POS or SONET.  So, to reprhase, where in your network topology, are you
> using Gigabit Ethernet, specifically GE interfaces using GBICS?
> 
> Are you using GE primarily for customer connections, server connections, peering points
> etc. ?
> 
> Thanks to all who have already replied privately.
> 
> -Lance-
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Haesu [mailto:haesu at towardex.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:54 AM
> > To: lance_tatman at agilent.com; nanog at merit.edu
> > Subject: Re: Anybody using GBICs?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, 
> > lance_tatman at agilent.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of 
> > GBICs(Gigabit Interface Converters),
> > 
> > interesting info too: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/wodelet.html
> > 
> > > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks?
> > > If you are using them, where do they fit into your topology? 
> > 
> > Anyone who runs a provider network pretty much? heh..
> > 
> > We use them on all core routers and colo switch uplinks..
> > 
> > -hc
> > 
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> > Haesu C.
> > TowardEX Technologies, Inc.
> > Consulting, colocation, web hosting, network design and implementation
> > http://www.towardex.com | haesu at towardex.com
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