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To: Peppe who wrote (5027)	6/9/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: fumble	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

<<Why even mention LU's 1 Gb switch. Is my arithmetic off? Apples and Oranges?>> < Yup. LU and CSCO's switches are layer 3 devices, also known as routers. NN's 36170 and 36190 are ATM layer 2 devices, with far less intelligence, therefore can be made to be faster. (Less overhead,etc.) Cheers, Peppe> I thought the ATM speed came because of smaller packets which could be handled with silicon rather than software. Intelligence? Doesn't LU and CSCO's devices just throw away packets when busy, whereas ATM provides hooks to ensure that Quality of Service and bandwidth are contractually guaranteed. This would imply a bit more 'usable' intelligence with ATM.