Extending a MAE connection ...

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Here is a question.. a strange one, no less.

Is it feasible to do this:

  WASHINGTON DC NEW YORK CITY

      > B R I D G E |
MAE -- 100 Mb/s -- | Cisco | -DS3- | Cisco | -- FDDI or -- (multiple
East FDDI | 4700M | | 4700M | 100Base T peers)
giga Switch

Why? here's why.

Several folks in the same building in NYC want to connect to MAE-East.
But, we all don't want T1's or 10 Meg HLI to MAE-East, but DS3. So, this
allows us all to connect to the MAE, peer directly with others without an
intermediary ASN, and we can split the cost of the routers and the DS3.

I know (at least, I can't think of any reason it can't be done) that is
can be done. The unanswered questions are:

1) Will MFS allow us to connect multiple Peers on the same FDDI port (from
thier webpage, it looks like it, but I am not sure).

Probably. But the hard part is getting other people to peer with you.

2) Is there any technical reason that the above is bad?

I have not worked with the hssi interface on the 4700, but I would be
supprized if you didn't run into a packet forwarding limit well before
hitting 45 Mbps.

Erik

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Erik Sherk <sherk@UU.NET>, among others, has noted:

   I have not worked with the hssi interface on the 4700, but I would be
   supprized if you didn't run into a packet forwarding limit well before
   hitting 45 Mbps.

That's why I suggested in private email to him that he find a couple
of old AGS+es and let the cctl2 handle the packet forwarding.
Hardware necromancy can be fun and profitable!

                                        ---Rob

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==>
==> Erik Sherk <sherk@UU.NET>, among others, has noted:
==>
==> I have not worked with the hssi interface on the 4700, but I would be
==> supprized if you didn't run into a packet forwarding limit well before
==> hitting 45 Mbps.
==>
==>That's why I suggested in private email to him that he find a couple
==>of old AGS+es and let the cctl2 handle the packet forwarding.
==>Hardware necromancy can be fun and profitable!

Unless, of course, he's using the 4700's ATM DS3 module.

/cah