Re: Core router bakeoff?

[Eric Germann <ekgermann () cctec com>]

At 05:47 PM 5/7/98 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Arnaud Girsch writes:
> > > You don't want Bay and you certainly don't want 3Com. If your network
> > > is fairly slow (ethernets and T1s only) you can use PCs running a
> > > reasonable BSD and GateD. Otherwise, the only commercial choice is
> > > Cisco.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity ...
> > Why not considering the 4th vendor, Cabletron, for this kind of equipment,
> > before using PCs.
>
> PCs are cheap and I know them well. I wasn't aware Cabletron even had
> a box with a BGP-4 implementation in it.
>
> > They just released some announcement that major companies and campuses are
> > using their equipment for new backbones.
>
> That sounds like salesspeak. I've used lots of cabletron hubs and such 
> over the years, but they never seemed to have real routers.
>
> Perry

Given that Cisco built their routers for them, and then they pissed off
Cisco to the point where they didn't renew there code license for IOS in
there hubs because of their anti Cisco marketing campaign.

Cabletron has a bad rap with consultants.  Don't ever try to partner with
them and walk them in someplace.  They are the borg, you will be assimilated.

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.

If you can get past their attitude....

Eric




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