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From: tron@nsc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: I hate smail
Message-ID: <4076@nsc.nsc.com>
Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 19:54:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 19:54:48 1987
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References: <14227@amdcad.UUCP> <32@auspyr.UUCP> <4070@nsc.NSC.COM> <272@.altnet.UUCP>
Reply-To: tron@nsc.UUCP (Ronald S. Karr)
Organization: Rational Swamiconductor, Sanivale
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In article <272@.altnet.UUCP> edc@altnet.UUCP (Eric D. Christensen) writes:
 >Perhaps some sort of binary ored cost mechanism would be a more effiecent
 >system. This has the advantage that few changes would need to be made
 >to pathalias to invoke it. Something like the following could be considered:
 >
 >	  1	Dedicated Line
 >	  2	Direct (Demand) Connect
 >	  4	Polled System
 >	 10	LAN
 >	 20	High Speed (>9600 baud)
 >	 40	Low Speed  (<9600 baud)
 >	100	Local System (<100 miles)
 >	200	Short [sic] Haul (<1000 miles)
 >	400	Long Haul (>1000 miles)

A useful starting point, though I would suggest adding a digit to each of these
to allow a +/-HIGH and +/- LOW on the values.  However, experimentation with
pathalias must be done to ensure that this does the correct thing.  Note that
this means that it is better to go through 350 dedicated lines than to use
one long haul line, though this may be a technicality.
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