Re: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117]

2002-05-14 Thread Steven S. Minnick
Kevin, Packet Switching is a networking method in which nodes share bandwidth with each other by sending packets and Circuit Switching is when a dedicated physical circuit path must exist between sender and receiver for the duration of the "call." There is a link I use in my class that tends to

Re: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117]

2002-05-14 Thread Kevin Jones
Hope above clarifies ur doubt. > > Regards, > > Kiran > > >From: "Kevin Jones" > >Reply-To: "Kevin Jones" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117] > >Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 18:07:01 -0400 > > >

Re: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117]

2002-05-14 Thread Kirankumar Patel
above clarifies ur doubt. Regards, Kiran >From: "Kevin Jones" >Reply-To: "Kevin Jones" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117] >Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 18:07:01 -0400 > >I was wondering if someone would be willing to clar

RE: PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117]

2002-05-13 Thread Brian Hill
Kevin, The primary difference between PVC's and SVC's are that PVC's are "always on" connections and SVC's are "established upon need". Think of it like the difference between the batphone and a regular phone. The batphone always reaches a single destination and never dials. This is like a PVC. A

PVCs vs. SVCs - puzzling me. [7:44117]

2002-05-13 Thread Kevin Jones
I was wondering if someone would be willing to clarify something regarding PVC's and SVC's (in X.25/FrameRelay/ATM). Some books and material I've read discuss the difference between the two as follows: PVC's - Pre-established connection and path through the switched network. Every packet takes t