* Claudio Jeker  [2007-10-30 12:28]:

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> (I never had a lot of success with media

> converters anyway, mine always crashed or behaved flaky).

I actually have one that works OK, a RAD STM-1 to FastEthernet

converter... but the management interface sucks big time :)
but in general, I totally agree with claudio here. they often cause

issues. and if it is only the missing link state forwarding (why can't

the box take down the ethernet link when the wan link fails, at least

as an option?). So your best bet is to terminate wans directly on

OpenBSD boxes. And then you still want ethernet where possible. And if

you spec Ethernet, you often get "something" with carrier-provided

converters, or MPLS tunnels that happily keep the ethernet link up on

both sides even if the connection is gone somewhere in between, or ... 
in the end, you have to be very careful in finding good wan links.
and we need to implement udld or the like.
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