[HECnet] Circuit costs (again!)

[Robert Jarratt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-
> hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Johnny Billquist
> Sent: 25 January 2016 15:26
> To: hecnet <hecnet at Update.UU.SE>
> Subject: [HECnet] Circuit costs (again!)
> 
> After having my links up and running a couple of days now (and they work
> fine), I've come to realize that if we want to have a somewhat efficient
> topology, we need to agree on circuit costs.
> 
> Now, that said, in todays internet world, network speeds are fast enough
> that this isn't really a big problem. So if people don't want to, I'm okay with
> that.
> 
> But otherwise we should try and use some agreed upon scheme for setting
> costs on circuits. The best suggestion I've seen so far is to base it on ping
> times. Would people be willing to adopt this and implement it all over the
> place for level 2 routers? Because, if not everyone agrees, then I'm wasting
> my time here. :-)
> 
> The exact cost scale we can discuss, if we agree on doing it. But it needs to be
> pretty much used by everyone, or else it's just a waste of time and energy.
> 
> 	Johnny
> 
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I am happy to take part, assuming it is still going ahead (I see later discussions in this thread calling the idea into question).

Regards

Rob