Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table
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To: Pablo Brenner <pablo@fibhaifa.com>
Subject: Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Jul 92 09:57:26 +0700." <9207220657.AA29974@FibHaifa.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 10:05:36 -0700
> >> >> On a different topic: at the meeting last week, we spoke about >> possibly going to a more usable time unit than 80 nsec units. >> After speaking with some people here, it appears that 1 microsecond >> units would be both more readable and sufficiently granular for all >> objects that use this syntax. Unless there are objections, I >> propose that FddiTime be changed to 1 usec units. >> >> thanks, >> Anil >> >Anil, > while I agree with you that 1usec units will be more readable >I'm afraid that such change will cause missunderstanding, you'll see >a different value from SMT than from SNMP, and different from the >value you'll see when you capture a frame on the FDDI Analyzer. > >I think that the best way to deal with that is to use a single >format and let the Network Management Station show it in a readable >format (for example giving both 80 nsec units and 1 usec units). > > >--Pablo > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >Pablo Brenner >R&D Dept. >Fibronics Ltd., Matam Industrial Park, Haifa 31905, ISRAEL >phones: +972-4-313675 Fax: +972-4-536360 >e-mail: pablo@FibHaifa.com or pablo@fibronics.UUCP >Wireless: CX5YI/4X >--------------------------------------------------------------- >=============== Usual disclaimers apply ======================= I agree with Pablo on this point. Mike Anello XDI mike@xlnt.com
- FddiTime, and update to Path config table Anil Rijsinghani
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Pablo Brenner
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table xlnt!elwood!mike
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Anil Rijsinghani
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Anil Rijsinghani
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Nelson Ronkin
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Anil Rijsinghani
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Ahmet Tuncay
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Anil Rijsinghani
- Re: FddiTime, and update to Path config table Nelson Ronkin