* Claudio Jeker <cjeker@diehard.n-r-g.com> [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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