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From: "Horatio B. Bogbindero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 09:01 PM
Subject: RE: [plug] how good is nortel hardware?
>
> > hmmm, correct me if im wrong, but i think cisco uses some sort of
> > store-forward algorithm, tag switching is it? makes use of both storing
and
> > controlling the forwarding. as for the baystacks, i have no idea what
nortel
> > uses as its switching algorithm.
> >
> nortel's low end baystack uses store and forward. the problem with store
> and forward is that the entire packet is cached in the switch! and a CRC
> is done. however, the cisco 5000 and up switches use fragment-free
> algorithms that only does a CRC on the header of the packet and not the
> entire packet. this is a better algorithm for my application but the cisco
> 5000 and above switches are TOO expensive. sob sob sob.
try dlink switches, they are cheaper and a good performance too. goto
http://www.dlink.com for more details.
fooler.
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