[c-nsp] Switch Port Question

[Tim Durack]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Pete Templin <petelists at templin.org> wrote:
> Port "up" (for many forms of Ethernet, newer technologies notwithstanding)
> is unilateral: if port is receiving properly-formatted pulses, port is up.
>  Unfortunately, "properly-formatted" has a very small definition in the
> Ethernet world.  TDM technologies (DSx, OCx) have better alarm capabilities
> integrated into "properly-formatted", and therefore provide a more complete
> end-to-end status (partially because of their point-to-point nature).

You can configure both sides for autoneg and take advantage of RFN.
That will stop one-way link from occuring.

> I miss working with TDM.

I miss working with fiber (as opposed to someone else's L2 "fiber" service.)

-- 
Tim:>