A loopbacked DS3 also caused all the bridges to be unhappy.
MAE-WEST -- 36 active connections, 90-100Mbps Gigaswitch Utilization, 50Mbps shared FDDI utilization. The AMES<->MFS link has been upgraded to an OC-3c from a DS-3. When that was done, the shared FDDI was filled up immediately. The FDDI at AMES will probably be the next bottleneck.
MAE-Chicago -- 3 active connections and a fourth is coming. Shared FDDI and a catalyst.
MAE-Other -- Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York
Future -- Increased Capacity -- Full Duplex FDDI, Switched Fast Ethernet OC3c Access, Parallel Links (how do several Gigaswitches talk to each other?) More MAEs?