> There are other downsides [to metro ethernet] to consider. Using ethernet > for long haul, your devices at each end are no longer directly connected, > but will have a network (the provider's ethernet switches) between them. > Failures in "the network" will cause your ends to lose contact with each > other, while their interfaces remain up/up.
Some providers offer WDM services with an Ethernet interface, and ensure that a failure in the network results in link down. Your point is still valid for many Ethernet service offerings, though. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
