Eric Sydow wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone ever thought about expanding the range of hardware STP
> operates on? Specifically ATM NICs? Specifically the Fore HE cards?
>
> I like the idea of STP but I need it to work over a long haul & ethernet
> obviously doesn't travel well (esp. GigE).
>
> Just throwing it out there :-)
>
> Eric
Hi Eric,
Actually GigE _is_ going to travel well, it's already begun in fact.
DWDM links are going to be the mainstream long haul fibre technology,
with SDH declining, and GigE/10GigE travels perfectly on that.
Otherwise see Don Woelz's comments on STP over OC-48c, etc. By the way,
Don forgot to mention that CERN works closely with Genroco on their
bridge product, in fact we built the GigE and OC-48c bridge blades as
part of a joint development project.
Ben
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