I think some people tend to be intimidated by ATM more than by frame relay because it is more expensive to get into a home lab and most of us are less likely to have a job configuring ATM on a regular basis than configuring frame relay on a regular basis.
Yes, I know you can get ATM in your lab with 7000s and a non-Cisco switch at an almost-reasonable price, but it's still a bit much too much money, bulk and noise and power consumption. Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014 ""Daren Presbitero"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Chuck, > > I agree with you. I worked for FORE Systems doing nothing but ATM to the > desktop for 4 years before moving to a company with all cisco. Not much > harder to understand, as long as you understand basic networking > fundamentals and the fact that these are just 2 different technologies that > have their place in the network. > > Daren > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Chuck's Long Road > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Extended Vlan across Wan [7:54866] > > > This thread brings to mind a question I've had for a while. > > It appears sometimes that a lot of people think ATM is difficult to > understand, implement, support. > > Why is it that? > > My ( albeit limited ) exposure to ATM from the customer side is that ATM is > basically every bit as easy to set up and run on your typical WAN as frame > relay. Yes there are some additional bells and whistles which can become > complex as you do more complex things. And obviously, complex corporate > networks might make use of a lot more ATM specific features. > > But in general, you set up the PVC's, configure the IP address ( or enable > bridging ) and do everything else pretty much the same was as you do with > frame relay. > > Any thoughts? > > Chuck > > -- > > TANSTAAFL > "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" > > > ""M.C. van den Bovenkamp"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Daren Presbitero wrote: > > > > > Couldn't you bridge the VLAN's into an ATM 1483 bridged PVC, point to > > > point across the WAN at both ends? > > > > That's how I did it when I had the need. > > > > Regards, > > > > Marco. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54922&t=54866 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
