[nsp] oam-pvc manage packet loss

sthaug@nethelp.no sthaug@nethelp.no
Sat, 07 Sep 2002 11:16:53 +0200


> If your ATM provider is anything like our ATM team
> then the line:
> 
>   vbr-nrt 2048 2048 32
> 
> Should read:
> 
>     vbr-nrt 2000 2000 32
> 
> They take the engineering version of mega rather
> than the computer one. On 34Mb/s pvc its a lot of
> bandwidth that they save.

We (the ISP I work for) are our own ATM provider - we use Nortel
Passport switches for this.

I dearly wish the Cisco ATM configuration would be based on cells,
not kpbs. A lot of 53/48 misunderstandings would disappear that way.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no