Riverstone rocks in the MAN with RPR, IEEE 802.1s and 802.1w capabilities shipping for awhile now. Cisco has RPR, but they call it DPT and it's very expensive. Cisco has 802.1s and 802.1w but only in CatOS 7.1 and it's very limited.
RS also has LFAP instead of NetFlow. I've only heard good things about it. Of course, I also hear good things about InMon/Foundry sFlow. Hard to tell what's actually good or not without any experience. Overall, I've heard great things about RS, but haven't done the testing it deserves. We connect to many RS 3k's for Telseon, and they have been working great. I want to see three reference production networks: Metro network - 10-20 RS 8000/8600 with RPR and full IBGP mesh, GbE/SONET BGP peering Metro network - 10-20 RS 3k/8k with GbE FST and full IBGP mesh, GbE/SONET BGP peering IDC network - 15-30 RS16k's connected tagged VLAN and STP to 2 or 4 RS16k's running VRRP and IBGP IDC network - 15-30 RS16k's connected OSPF routed transit (with and sans IBGP) to 2 or 4 RS16k's running IBGP Those sound like very good networks, IMO. -dre ""Jeffrey Reed"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Riverstone is a spin off of the old Cabletron. I was an SE for Cabletron for > three years. Riverstone started out as the group (YAGO) who brought > Cabletron's hardware based router to the market. They basically saved > Cabletron (relative term) because Ctron burned all their bridges (no pun > intended) with Cisco when Cisco purchased Kalpana. > > The hardware is rock solid and they are using a very modified Gated routing > code. Most of it is standards-based except where the IEEE is not keeping up > with our needs. Riverstone focuses on the ISP market with MAN technologies > while sister company Enterasys goes after enterprise with a common platform > and Gig interfaces. > > > Jeffrey Reed > Classic Networking, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin > Campbell > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: riverstone [7:40245] > > i was curious if anyone is familiar with riverstone and what your opinions > are. > > [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type application/ms-tnef which had > a name of winmail.dat] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40275&t=40245 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
