EDN

OIF carriers define network-to-network interface specs

Fremont, Calif. — The Optical Internetworking Forum's (OIF) carrier networking group has agreed a Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) specification for the establishment and control of automatic ...
EDN

EarthLink and XCast Announce Completion of Network-to-Network Interface

“These NNI connections are the culmination of months of cooperative effort from both EarthLink and XCast personnel, and we are proud of the successful outcome,” said Susan Kelley, Executive Vice ...
Network World

ENNI promises painless Ethernet connection to carriers

If you lease capacity to extend your network across carrier facilities and don’t want to lose visibility and control, the new Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) External Network to Network Interface (ENNI) ...
No Jitter

How to Manage Interface Packet Loss Thresholds

Interface packet loss provides indications of link problems that shouldn’t go ignored. But then you have to decide on an alerting threshold that indicates a problem without creating too many false ...