From: Richard Mott (richpmott@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:44:12 GMT-3
As I understand it:
Downstream is the router closest to the Destination Network, whereas
Upstream is the router Cloesest to the Source Network.
Rich Mott
CCIE # 5234
Network Engineer
Jannon Solutions
>From: Eric Lemmons <ericlemmons@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Eric Lemmons <ericlemmons@yahoo.com>
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Downstream-Upstream
>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:15:37 -0800 (PST)
>
>This is sort of a meek way to make my first
>"contribution" to the group :).
>What exactly is the defintion of a "downstream
>router", or an "upstream router"?
>I understand downstream/upstream in the context
>of moving back towards the backbone, or out to
>the edge of the network, but I see the term used
>in other contexts.
>Is "downstream", in a more limited context of say
>an OSPF area, meant to mean "the routers I'm
>SENDING to"?. Therefore, "upstream" means the
>routers I'm RECEIVING information from?
>Eric
>
>
>
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