Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 07:10:33 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Scott Michel <scottm@cs.ucla.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Adapter Message-ID: <3033.903762633@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:11:45 PDT." <199808220111.SAA23303@mordred.cs.ucla.edu>
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In message <199808220111.SAA23303@mordred.cs.ucla.edu>, Scott Michel writes: >[slightly off topic] > >Ewwwwwwwww! Friends never let friends build networks with ATM unless >absolutely necessary and even then ... It'd be like perpetrating an >MS Operating system on someone. If the network can't support mcast >naturally, should we really be using it? > >The good news is that ATM is being relegated to the dust heap of >history now that PPP/Packet over Sonet is operational. All we need >now is operational PCI bus cards. Could you please move this to Hyde Park Corner ? or -chat ? The reality is, that you can buy ATM as a service from your telco, not Packet over Sonet which requires you to have the entire fiber. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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