On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, ken emery wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Roy wrote: > > > Media converters are much cheaper than specialized FX cards like these. A > > 10Mbps converters are just $99 each and 100Mbps is $150. > > Yes, but you need external power for these and they aren't > monitorable/configurable from any interface. Thus if one goes down and you > can't physically see it you have no idea where the problem is until someone > gets onsite.
This is true of any physical fault, if your cable stops working you still have to go and physically take a look... Steve > > bye, > ken emery > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > > Stephen Sprunk > > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:13 AM > > To: Claydon, Tom > > Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes > > Subject: Re: Bandwidth Control Question > > > > > > > > Thus spake "Claydon, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Yep. There's plenty of fiber between the two buildings, so we may go that > > > route. Anyone know if there's any easy way to limit bandwidth on the > > > PA-POS-OC3 adapters? > > > > PA-POS-OC3MM $6000/card $38.71/Mbit > > PA-FE-FX $3200/card $32.00/Mbit > > PA-2FE-FX $5000/card $25.00/Mbit > > > > Why muck with SONET unless necessary? > > > > > Sounds like another job for rate limiting to me... > > > > Yes. > > > > ! > > policy-map 6Mb-customer > > class class-default > > police 6144 > > ! > > interface foo > > service-policy input 6Mb-customer > > service-policy output 6Mb-customer > > ! > > > > S > > > > Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein > > CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the > > K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking > > > >