ATM

From: Ben Rife (brife@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Jun 21 1999 - 21:05:26 GMT-3


   
   Yep, I finally said the word no one wants to talk about...ATM.
   I assume, most of you, like me, have no ATM experience or hardware in
   your lab.
   I'm wondering if we can spend some time, 3-4 days, talking about it.
   Since for example, Caslow, doesn't spend any time discussing configs
   or hardware connectivity.
   
   Paul, my hope is that this may be worth a FAQ or a .PDF file we can
   compile if the input and interest is sufficient.
   
   Here are some questions to get the ball rolling. These are questions
   to stimulate discussion so we can be prepared for the lab.
   
   1. What hardware constitutes a client to client connection via ATM, in
   other words, what's in the middle? I imagine some connection of
   switches and a router to get between elan's but I'm not sure how. What
   are the possible router/switch interfaces/modules we might see and
   need to configure? Please provide diags if you can. I don't know how
   this stuff is cabled.
   
   2. With respect to the lab, I assume we will have to configure some of
   these devices, for Lane. What does a Lane config look like? Where do
   you configure the LES, LECS, and BUS? Can these be done on one
   router/switch?
   
   3. What configuration needs to be done on a switch versus a router?
   
   4. What's the difference between a Lightstream (LS1010) and a Cat5k ?
   
   5. What if any, is the connection between ELAN's and VLAN's ? How do
   you configure a router to route between ELAN's and where is the router
   placed/connected to?
   
   6. What are some common configuration issues?
   
   7. Please present some examples of configs.
   
   
   24 days till' RTP
   
   Benjy Rife
   MCSE, CNE, CCIE Candidate
   brife@bignet.net
   www.bignet.net/~brife



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