pris , i am going to answer to the statement itself.......
i am not going to say weather it is possible (becuase i don`t know) but the passage reads to me like this an ATM VC can run over any medium becuase it`s a VC..it may leave your HQ on ATM but int the Service provider`s backbone it could run on anything...DS3 t3 MPLS etc.etc.) this is the message he seems to be trying to get across...and prehaps a re-wording is in order???..... my SP (BT)has said that they DONT run atm over ethernet either steve "not meaning to offend ,just trying to help" skinner >From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" >Reply-To: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ATM circuit [7:28774] >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:46:28 -0500 > >My co-author added this statement to the book I'm working on: > >".... an ATM virtual circuit may begin on an OC-3 fiber link, cross over to >a T3 line, pass across a Gigabit Ethernet fiber backbone, and end up going >out through an OC-12 fiber link. This may be an implementation of a single >ATM circuit, however." > >Could an ATM virtual circuit really span an Ethernet backbone?? > >Thanks! I don't want to be one of those authors that propagates >misinformation. ;-) Seriously, some mistakes are unavoidable, but this one >seems avoidable (if it is a mistake) > >Priscilla > >________________________ > >Priscilla Oppenheimer >http://www.priscilla.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=28839&t=28774 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
