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- From: Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Richard Kooijman)
- Subject: Re: What is "RMON" ? Please explain .
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:21:15 GMT
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- scoggin@snow-white.ee.udel.edu (John K Scoggin) writes:
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- > System: ftp.nisc.sri.com
- > Directory: internet-drafts
- > Files: draft-ietf-rmon-mib-01.txt
- > draft-ietf-rmon-trap-00.txt
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- >For some reason, rollout and standardization seem to going very slowly.
- >This has not stopped a number of manufacturers (Hewlett-Packard, Novell, and
- >TTC come to mind) from introducing "RMON-compliant" monitors, even though
- >there is NO standard yet!
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- RFC 1271 is the official name for the Ethernet RMON MIB.
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- >Of course, there always comes a time when you have to stop studying and
- >start implementing - fish or cut bait... I am planning on buying 25 or 30
- >RMON segment monitors this spring for our network.
-
- May I state here that our group has a freely available RMON monitor
- for OS/2 machines? You only need a PC with enough RAM, OS/2, an Ethernet
- card and our software.
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- Richard.
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