RE: 10 GE WAN PHY status?

2004-08-28 Thread Erik Bais
Stefan Mink wrote : > Are there other products I missed? Are there XENPAKs> already available which work with main stream switch> manufacturers although they don't sell them themselves> so far? I know that Extreme Networks already is shipping XENPAK enabled switches.  The max for a single fibers

RE: 10 GE WAN PHY status?

2004-08-28 Thread Neil J. McRae
> Are there other products I missed? Are there XENPAKs already > available which work with main stream switch manufacturers > although they don't sell them themselves so far? > > Grateful for any pointers or experiences... Most of the current optical DWDM systems that operators use today [i.e.

RE: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

2004-08-28 Thread Michel Py
> Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > If the VSR card was $899k, the SR card was $999k and the LR > card was $1099 you wouldn't hear any complaints from me. That's even worse than the current prices! Given that the VSR is currently 330k, the SR could be 450k and the IR 500k. > It's the fact that Cisco

Re: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

2004-08-28 Thread Deepak Jain
Grow up; when you buy a Saab "brand" part or option for a Saab car, it costs twice as much as the same aftermarket part, which still is twice as much as what you could get if you bought a box of 10 directly from the manufacturer, which is twice as much as it costs them to manufacture overseas. Eve

RE: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

2004-08-28 Thread Michel Py
> Deepak Jain wrote: > One could argue that this public & private chaffing is what > precipitates the competition that alleviates the condition. > If another vendor doesn't realize there is demand... Indeed; I'll even give an idea for free: 4 port OC192 IR $1030k 4 port OC192 VSR - $330k

Re: BGP Homing Question

2004-08-28 Thread Patrick W Gilmore
On Aug 28, 2004, at 12:02 AM, Michel Py wrote: It is your netblock, you get to use it as needed. This is not a good reason; it might be a good excuse, but not a good reason. Really? So if I have a /20, you are saying I cannot use it as I need to use it? Also, filtering will not be an issue, if

RE: BGP Homing Question

2004-08-28 Thread Michel Py
>>> Patrick W Gilmore wrote: >>> It is your netblock, you get to use it as needed. >> Michel Py wrote: >> This is not a good reason; it might be a good >> excuse, but not a good reason. > Really? So if I have a /20, you are saying I > cannot use it as I need to use it? No. It's yours you can u

RE: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

2004-08-28 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Michel Py wrote: > Grow up; when you buy a Saab "brand" part or option for a Saab car, it > costs twice as much as the same aftermarket part, which still is twice > as much as what you could get if you bought a box of 10 directly from > the manufacturer, which is twice as muc

OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread John Ferriby
Is anyone aware of lists or sites dedicated to novel uses for old hardware? I'm trying to figure out what to do with some old working gear that is valued practically as scrap. e.g. old lucent/ascend max 4002 units. Me thinks they are 6 year old antiques.

Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread Joe Abley
On 28 Aug 2004, at 14:38, John Ferriby wrote: Is anyone aware of lists or sites dedicated to novel uses for old hardware? I'm trying to figure out what to do with some old working gear that is valued practically as scrap. e.g. old lucent/ascend max 4002 units. Me thinks they are 6 year old antiq

Re: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)

2004-08-28 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 10:28:24AM -0700, Michel Py wrote: > > Economics 101. Cisco (and many other vendors, BTW) are not charities. > Their purpose is to make investors and shareholders (which includes me) > happy. And yes, this includes reselling OEM hardware at astronomical > prices when they

Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Joe Abley wrote: Your six-year-old antiques might be perfectly fine production gear for operators in other parts of the world. I would be trying to find a way to ship them cheaply to South Asia or Africa (or finding some other organisation that already works in those regions who would know how t

Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread Joe Abley
On 28 Aug 2004, at 18:36, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: He could sure use any gear at all that NANOGers have to spare .. and could also use donations of (say) satellite connectivity if someone can spare a VSAT link to replace the dialup that he's currently using to serve these guys out of. Anot

Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread Mark C. Langston
On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 06:52:01PM -0700, Joe Abley wrote: > > > On 28 Aug 2004, at 18:36, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > >He could sure use any gear at all that NANOGers have to spare .. and > >could also use donations of (say) satellite connectivity if someone > >can spare a VSAT link to

Re: OT: Novel uses for old hardware?

2004-08-28 Thread Robbie Honerkamp
Joe Abley wrote: On 28 Aug 2004, at 14:38, John Ferriby wrote: Is anyone aware of lists or sites dedicated to novel uses for old hardware? I'm trying to figure out what to do with some old working gear that is valued practically as scrap. e.g. old lucent/ascend max 4002 units. Me thinks they are