Re: RMON in hardware

"Karl Auerbach, Empirical Tools and Technologies, 408/457-6302" <karl@empirical.com> Mon, 11 April 1994 20:01 UTC

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 > A few months ago, CrossComm announced that it would integrate RMON
 > capabilities into its line of routers. Has anyone heard of other
 > hardware vendors that are putting RMON inside their internetworking
 > devices?

When there are a zillion packets flying across the net and many have
to be routed, which does the box drop first?  The routable packets or
the packets for the RMON engine?

In other words, when a box has two distinct duties, which does it
prefer when placed under load?

		--karl--