That's so dumb :P There are quite a few colo facilities where XC is a one time charge.
On Nov 5, 2016 4:51 PM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: > Cost, yes. At $350/month for a cross connect, you choose your cross > connect orders wisely. > > A router is more likely to need maintenance than a switch. Moving frames > is pretty easy any may not need much for firmware updates. Routers on the > other hand do lots of things and with that many things comes the increased > likelihood of need for a firmware update. Dual routers means you don't have > to drop your customers to perform said maintenance. You're also more likely > to be doing ACLs and QOS on routers, which likely reduces performance from > line rate, especially during DDoS type events. having some extra fire power > is handy. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Saturday, November 5, 2016 10:21:15 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Switch packet loss during high bandwidth > > So you expect the router to die? why not two x-connects to the provider > back to two switches? Cost? > > On Nov 5, 2016, at 10:56 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a switch so I can get a /29 from the provider and have multiple PE > routers on a single cross connect. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Saturday, November 5, 2016 9:10:42 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Switch packet loss during high bandwidth > > Yeah good point… first question that comes to mind is why upstream > provider connection is connected to a switch … why not go from router to > provider and then router to the switch keeping all “downstream” traffic in > the switch > > > On Nov 5, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > With the limited information you've given, I'd put money on microbursts. > For all your traffic higher than 1Gbps, that data has to get buffered on > egress ports of devices. Eventually, traffic will get dropped to make room > for new traffic. This is far worse in places where you may also have > 100Mbps ports. > "doesn't seem to be affecting the wan side of my router which connects to > peers through the same switch" this was the kicker to me, combined with the > "~2Gbps" line. > > On Nov 5, 2016 3:12 AM, "TJ Trout" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a 10G switch that is switching everything of mine at my NOC, >> including peers, router wan, router lan, uplink to tower, etc >> >> During peak traffic periods ~2gbps I'm seeing 1% packet loss and >> throughput will drop to 0 for just a second and resume normal for a few >> minutes before dropping back to zero for just a second. doesn't seem to be >> affecting the wan side of my router which connects to peers through the >> same switch. Doesn't happen during the day with low periods of traffic. >> >> I've enabled / disabled STP, Flow control. >> >> I believe I've isolated it to not be a single port, possibly have a bad >> switch but that seems hard to believe... >> >> Ideas? >> > > >
