Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 16:34:16 -0400 (EDT) From: listuser <listuser@h2o.journey.net> To: Suresh Rajagopalan <sraja@cinenet.net> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Gary D. Margiotta" <gary@tbe.net>, Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970712163217.12935B-100000@h2o.journey.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970709185325.20208A-100000@hollywood.cinenet.net>
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Gotta respond here... :) Ihave 9 livingston PM2 and PM3 boxes and have periodic lock ups after about 30 days... We make it a point to reboot them every other sunday now... I like my Cisco 4500's and 2501's and 5200 Dial in boxes... The Ascend boxes have a ton of fetures but support is a bit less than desired.. (However they just sent me 6 K56Flex modems for each of the 13 pops where I have Ascend deployed. --Matt On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Suresh Rajagopalan wrote: > I'll have to speak up for Livingston here -- we use them all > the time for customer equipment and also dial in access, and > while opinions on the admin interface are subjective, I have > never seen a single box crash. > > > > > To use a car analogy, Cisco basically produces the Cadillacs of the > > router world whereas Livingston makes Yugos and Ascend makes VWs. :-) > > Not everyone needs, wants or can afford a Cadillac, but many of those > > features are nice to have if you're going to drive a car at all. > > Similarly, the "VW" is cheap but of reasonably good quality and the > > Yugo, well, you buy one of those when cost is the #1 consideration and > > you are resigned to the fact that it'll be no fun to drive and also > > perhaps spend some amount of time by the side of the road, waiting for > > the tow-truck. :-) > > > >
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