Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-31 Thread E.B. Dreger
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:53:09 + > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Todays Internet is much bigger, more diverse, and engineered by > people who have a lot higher skill level based on hard-won > experience. > > Why do businesses keep supporting these "cheerleader" > analyst groups who want to tr

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-31 Thread Michael . Dillon
>: > Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. >: > "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly >: > you have a switch today," said Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala. >: >: What brand of switch is this guy selling? And what i

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Alex Yuriev
> > Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. > > That was my thought. > Its "Dood, Where's my Core?" all over again! It got lost in san franCisco. Alex

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
Heh. Forwarding, of course. - Dan On 10/30/03 2:15 PM, "E.B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DG> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:52:54 -0500 > DG> From: Daniel Golding > > > DG> Lets all be thankful they are now using ASICs, though! All > DG> that software based routing was making me nervo

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Tom (UnitedLayer)
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, E.B. Dreger wrote: > SR> What brand of switch is this guy selling? And what is he > SR> smoking? Sure would be interesting to find out :) > > Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. That was my thought. Its "Dood, Where's my Core?" all over again!

Re: [Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)]

2003-10-30 Thread joshua sahala
"E.B. Dreger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [cut] > > So STP is now the control plane protocol of choice? ;-) no, not at all - remember he said 'layer 3 switch', stp is no longer needed, just like those router things ;) /joshua > > Eddy > -- > Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Di

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
DG> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:52:54 -0500 DG> From: Daniel Golding DG> Lets all be thankful they are now using ASICs, though! All DG> that software based routing was making me nervous - five DG> years ago :) Routing or forwarding? Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Alexei Roudnev
: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?) > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I'm looking i

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Daniel Golding
Hmm. Don't you just love it when folks say things like "Layer 3 Switches are better than routers". Its very illuminating as to clue level. I suppose what they were trying to say, is that products that were designed as switches, but are now running routing code, are superior to products that were

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
SR> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:18:28 -0500 SR> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian SR> What brand of switch is this guy selling? And what is he SR> smoking? Sure would be interesting to find out :) Maybe the Yankee Group is a subsidiary of Ncatal Ventures. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread E.B. Dreger
RAS> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:08:01 -0500 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=75&e=18&u=/nf/22581 RAS> RAS> Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. RAS> "You might have found a router there five years ago, but m

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Scott Weeks
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: : : Richard A Steenbergen writes on 10/30/2003 1:08 PM: : : > Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. : > "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly : > you have a switch today," said

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Richard A Steenbergen writes on 10/30/2003 1:08 PM: Plainly stated, routers no longer have a home in the core of the network. "You might have found a router there five years ago, but most certainly you have a switch today," said Yankee Group vice president Zeus Kerravala. What brand of switch i

Re: Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Bruce Pinsky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard A Steenbergen wrote: | On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: | |>On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> |>>I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit

Yankee Group declares core routing obsolete (was Re: Anybody using GBICs?)

2003-10-30 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 03:25:43PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > > Converters), > > but I need to know how many of you are us

RE: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-29 Thread Deepak Jain
> Lance; > > Having been on both sides of the fence, I know that it is hard > for router development engineers, especially at legacy vendors, to know > what is really going on in the market. But for ISPs operators, the > audience of this group, your question comes across as a "duh" moment.

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-29 Thread fkittred
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:36:26 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To be more clear, I'm specifically referring to Gigabit Ethernet Converters and > not > SFPs for POS or SONET. So, to reprhase, where in your network topology, are yo > u > using Gigabit Ethernet, specifically GE interfaces using GBI

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Haesu
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:54 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Anybody using GBICs? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, > > [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Tom (UnitedLayer)
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To be more clear, I'm specifically referring to Gigabit Ethernet > Converters and not SFPs for POS or SONET. So, to reprhase, where in > your network topology, are you using Gigabit Ethernet, specifically GE > interfaces using GBICS? I think you alr

RE: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread lance_tatman
erver connections, peering points etc. ? Thanks to all who have already replied privately. -Lance- > -Original Message- > From: Haesu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Anybody using GBIC

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? > If you are using them, where do they fit into your top

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Haesu
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), interesting info too: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/wodelet.html > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in you

Re: Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread Cliff Albert
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:48:01AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface > Converters), > but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? > If you are using them, where do they fit into your topol

Anybody using GBICs?

2003-10-28 Thread lance_tatman
I'm looking into doing some research that will make use of GBICs(Gigabit Interface Converters), but I need to know how many of you are using GBICs in your networks? If you are using them, where do they fit into your topology? -Lance- Agilent Laboratories [EMAIL PROTECTED]