Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:31:50 -0500 (CDT) From: mark tinguely <tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> To: c.prevotaux@hexanet.fr, rh@matriplex.com Cc: atm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Service Classes Message-ID: <200107121731.f6CHVoL41031@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10107120948510.26612-100000@mail.matriplex.com>
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> Yes :-) The IDT 77211 works on cell "slots" in a transmit schedule table. the IDT 77211 does CBR the best, the VBR and ABR was lacking. The next generation IDT SAR (Prosum) chipset finally did things correctly. > > has anyone tried to make a ATM switch/router with FreeBSD ? > RH says: > A switch would be quite a project, if cell spacing and latency is to > be preserved. Hardware support is probably needed for that. I agree, you need to go to the cell level to honor the QOS agreements plus implement the signalling. A dedicated machine with a couple ATM cards and software switching software would be an ambitious project but would be good for people that wanted a non-production test/reseach environment. companies like Cisco and Lucent had to start somewhere ... --mark tinguely. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-atm" in the body of the message
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