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Re (2): Core router bakeoff?

  • From: Eric Germann
  • Date: Fri May 08 11:59:31 1998

At 10:10 PM 5/7/98 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>Eric Germann <[email protected]>,Internet writes:
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>Hey, you haven't spoken with your local Cabletron rep lately; Cabletron is
>pushing channel relationships again. 
> 

The abuser says "I won't do it again, I swear".  Yeah right.

>Now that I ragged on em, they do have solid stuff.  I have one client who 
>has had their MMAC hubs up and running for about 8 years with narry a 
>hiccup.  And these are in rotten basements. 
>
>You are right but is it Year 2000 compliant?
>

Do we really care if an unmanaged hub is Y2K compliant?  As long as it
forwards packets....

BTW, saw a great ad the other day from Nortel on y2k compliance on T1
concentrators.  Anyone have any idea why it matters in a mux, if it isn't
managed?

Eric


>Thanks,
>
>Joe Kucic
>