How do you nag a packet? Infact, is it not an oxymoron? To nag is to continually pester or annoy, yet a packets lifetime is normally measured in milliseconds, therefore she must be one hell of a nagger!
Ok, it's late, I'll stop. Symon -----Original Message----- From: Howard C. Berkowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 February 2003 22:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: L3 Switching Huh???? [7:63728] At 7:34 PM +0000 2/25/03, Bob Sinclair wrote: >Charles, > >Regarding the meaning of the term "switch", let me quote a few lines >from my favorite Net Goddess, Radia Perlman. She wrote the DEC STP >protocol and has been very active in protocol development since day >one. In her book, Interconnections, she says the following: > >"One cynical (and ungrammatical) definition I use for switch is 'a marketing >term that means fast'" p. 127 > >She goes on to suggest that the term switch should be used for "a box >that moves data." Seriously, the preferred IETF approach is to deal separately with control (e.g., routing protocol) and forwarding planes. Control planes populate RIBs optimized for updating by routing protocols, and create FIBs optimized for doing fast destination lookup on forwarding elements. > >She further suggests that we get into the habit of specifying as >follows: > >Layer 1 switch = hub >Layer 2 switch = bridge >Layer 3 switch = router > >Strongly recommend her book. The lady has a lot of style. > I don't remember if she's still doing a protocol design seminar as she used to do at Interop, but she's a delightful speaker, once you get used to the idea of somebody being a stereotyped New York Jewish Mother nagging packets. ============================================= This email has been content filtered and subject to spam filtering. If you consider this email is unsolicited please forward the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and request that the sender's domain be blocked from sending any further emails. ============================================= Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=63810&t=63728 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
