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==General comment== | |||
This article has an elegant beginning that nicely describes what routing is for a beginner. I reworded it a little (for better flow, I hope) and consolidated it into two paragraphs. Great start![[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 14:42, 24 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
:Given that there are multiple subarticles, the thing that would make this small article relatively complete would be a succinct overview in the last section of how the information base (etc) can be "learned". Possibly, brief examples related to the highway analogy might be sufficient.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 14:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
::A number of years ago -- to be precise, it was 1999, when I briefed the head of the Federal Y2K Information Center and the Assistant to the President for Y2K policy -- I had a very useful PowerPoint animation. I just don't know enough about wiki or html graphics to know how to reproduce it. | |||
::#Picture of dirt graded away by a bulldozer (i.e., dark fiber) | |||
::#Paved road (i.e., lighted fiber) | |||
::#Lanes painted on the road (i.e., multiplexing and medium access) | |||
::#Road signs (Baltimore and points north, Richmond and points south, Rockville and points west--next hop and that which was beyond. | |||
::Maybe it doesn't need to be an animation, but, if it is to be a self-contained article, those lower layers are relevant. Even the L2 stuff will turn out to be relevant later on, so a single physical interface can present multile routable interfaces based on VLANs, Frame Relay DLCs, VPNs, TDM time slots, etc. Routing has to be understood before router. | |||
::To extend the metaphor, one of the early slides might show green off-ramp (i.e., outbound interface) signs, but with no lettering. The Control Plane letters the signs. This might be too tempting, though, since I can think of tailgaters I'd like to route to the null interface. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 00:25, 25 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 18:25, 24 December 2010
General comment
This article has an elegant beginning that nicely describes what routing is for a beginner. I reworded it a little (for better flow, I hope) and consolidated it into two paragraphs. Great start!Pat Palmer 14:42, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
- Given that there are multiple subarticles, the thing that would make this small article relatively complete would be a succinct overview in the last section of how the information base (etc) can be "learned". Possibly, brief examples related to the highway analogy might be sufficient.Pat Palmer 14:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
- A number of years ago -- to be precise, it was 1999, when I briefed the head of the Federal Y2K Information Center and the Assistant to the President for Y2K policy -- I had a very useful PowerPoint animation. I just don't know enough about wiki or html graphics to know how to reproduce it.
- Picture of dirt graded away by a bulldozer (i.e., dark fiber)
- Paved road (i.e., lighted fiber)
- Lanes painted on the road (i.e., multiplexing and medium access)
- Road signs (Baltimore and points north, Richmond and points south, Rockville and points west--next hop and that which was beyond.
- Maybe it doesn't need to be an animation, but, if it is to be a self-contained article, those lower layers are relevant. Even the L2 stuff will turn out to be relevant later on, so a single physical interface can present multile routable interfaces based on VLANs, Frame Relay DLCs, VPNs, TDM time slots, etc. Routing has to be understood before router.
- To extend the metaphor, one of the early slides might show green off-ramp (i.e., outbound interface) signs, but with no lettering. The Control Plane letters the signs. This might be too tempting, though, since I can think of tailgaters I'd like to route to the null interface. Howard C. Berkowitz 00:25, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- A number of years ago -- to be precise, it was 1999, when I briefed the head of the Federal Y2K Information Center and the Assistant to the President for Y2K policy -- I had a very useful PowerPoint animation. I just don't know enough about wiki or html graphics to know how to reproduce it.