On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Phillip Heller wrote:

> I work with Redback stuff quite a bit.  Mostly the SMS 1k and the SMS
> 1800. I'm just now starting to work with the SMS 10K.
> 
> Pros: 
> 
>   You'll swear they ripped off cisco's command parser and syntax
>   Contexts are cool.

they probably did, but that "interface" is an open standard........its not
cisco proprietary.  Its used by alot of things, like Foundry and Zebra for
example.

> 
> Cons:
> 
>   Their QA process is a bit, umm, deficient. (hardware, and software)
> 
> MPLS isn't a Redback technology.  It's used to provide the flexibility,
> qos, and traffic-engineering characteristics of ATM to IP networks
> (without using ATM).
> 
> Juniper has a white paper on it that is a decent starting point (for
> theory at least).
> 
> http://www.juniper.net/techcenter/techpapers/200001.html
> 
> 
> --phil
> 
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Jae  Kang wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
>     
>     Does anyone have a good experience with Redback products?
>     
>     Also I think I have a good knowledge about the follwoing two term.
>     MLS (Multilayer Switching - layer 3 switching term ) and
>     MPS(Multiple layer server - ATM term.)
>     
>     But, what about MPLS(?) Is this redback-specific?
>     
>     Regards,
>     
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