Re: Quality of User Experience (was RE: image stream routers)

2005-09-17 Thread Randy Bush
> In general, whatever router is in use, be it Juniper or Pentium or Gerbil, > will either keep up with the offered packets/sec, or it won't. and, if you want to know if it does, measure it, don't read marketing bumph. randy

Re: Quality of User Experience (was RE: image stream routers)

2005-09-17 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:55:05 PDT, "Christopher J. Wolff" said: > So, if all other elements (software, customer support, and management) are > equal, what router hardware architecture will contribute to a positive or > negative user experience? In other words, if the routing device between my > wor

Re: Quality of User Experience (was RE: image stream routers)

2005-09-17 Thread Lincoln Dale
[let me preface this by saying that if you don't know this already, i do happen to work for a router vendor] from the perspective of ANY router, "quality of end-user experience" is not something which fits into layers 1-7 - its a layer 8-10 thing. however, having said that, certainly routers

Quality of User Experience (was RE: image stream routers)

2005-09-16 Thread Christopher J. Wolff
Thanks for the thoughtful response. One of the network architecture issues I'm always trying to gauge and get my arms around is what I'll call, "Quality of user experience." In other words, what mix of network hardware, software, customer support, and management will create a perception that the