 june 4 1997 univers waterloo seek form long-term strateg relationship major vendor switch rout network-server product establish evolut next-gener internet campu network interoper onet uni net canari ca net-ii region nation network the technolog enabl next-gener campu network centr integr fast ethernet gigabit ethernet switch ip rout ip multicast ip bandwidth reserv qo extend includ server network servic address-assign control network-access devic user authent internet intranet firewal secur web-base commerc comput-telephoni integr desktop classroom videoconferenc distanc educ phase project place septemb 1997 requir deploy high-capac backbon workgroup switch rout devic support ethernet fast ethernet interswitch vlan ip multicast the initi core network fast ethernet backbon twelv fibr-connect switch rout multicast modular devic 12 48 fast ethernet fibr copper link fulli-compat workgroup switch devic a rang workgroup devic requir workgroup requir 24 48 10mbp port capabl support multipl devic 100mbp port fibr uplink local utp-connect workgroup-server devic requir 12 24 auto-sens 10 100mbp port 100mbp fibr- uplink port on core devic support multipl atm link initi oc-3 port t1 circuit-emul card the number workgroup switch expect rang thirti sixti durat phase phase project extend capac network continu extend number workgroup switch the vendor enter form on-go return credit agreement upgrad replac phase-on devic support ieee-standard gigabit ethernet interswitch vlan standard final extend atm extent uw perceiv incorpor function devic modul vendor evolv product uw campu network continu evolv pace next-gener internet commun overview background document creat facilit uw-intern discuss next-gener network uw campu network webspac http ist uwaterloo cn address question roger watt rwwatt uwaterloo juli 15 1997 clarif topolog consider the backbon uw campu network core node we suffici multipl path outag prevent commun rout consider the uw campu network ip network carri amount appletalk continu futur the mc core node full-function switch rout node multipl ethernet multipl atm link includ uw's extern connect 155mbp atm link onet network's k-w switch rout node locat equip room uw's mc node we current ip default rout extern link move extern rout protocol bgp4 the mc-node devic includ abil configur special atm-layer extern circuit abil impos accept deni filter condit ip traffic extern connect varieti control includ ip address ip tcp udp protocol type we current captur report count ip packet byte extern connect continu the ideal layer-three traffic link core node leav node it essenti node full rout function avoid singl-point-of-failur node the pattern traffic uw network dictat e2 node for node suffici rout full-function node it asset abil learn rout extend workgroup switch on the matter of atm in product environ uw intend pursu voic video ip-base applic abil matur internet commun while interest atm-layer connect group uw product atm vehicl interconnect node clear extend atm node remaind decad howev special time time uw unwil consid atm core todai price compel outweigh staff-impact cost complex implement time and migrat we place septemb 1997 imposs full implement we unabl commit schedul driven initi implement success deploi equip schedul cutov avoid substant disrupt current product network question concern pleas clarifi manner ip rout work devic propos exampl what ip rout-advertis protocol devic accept advertis? how node full rout function acquir rout loss rout? pleas clarifi manner ip multicast work devic propos exampl how core node commun group-membership workgroup node? pleas comment abil adapt schedul abil loan equip assist transit network network exampl can adjust on-go assist plan migrat strategi? can loan fddi interfac mc core node interconnect current backbon backbon? 