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I started briefly reading about ATM in the past months. Nothing much and mostly superficial stuff, but it’s probably one of the more bizarre network protocols I
by the_only_law 5y ago
I started briefly reading about ATM in the past months.
Nothing much and mostly superficial stuff, but it’s probably one of the more bizarre network protocols I’ve seen.
I’ve been meaning to pick up some ATM switches and other equipment to see if I can toy with it and create my own little network. I already did this with ISDN.
- kstrauser 5y ago“A camel is a horse designed by committee.” ATM was a do-everything solution made to meet a bunch of mutually incompatible requirements like “must have minimal latency for voice, so the packet size must be tiny” and “must be capable of fast data streams, so act like a circuit where routing is trivial”. I highly approve of your experiment! When you’re done, you should have a good appreciation of the full WTF of its design.