[144712] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HP A-series, H3C, Huawei and their capabilities in real-life
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Sat Sep 17 04:36:16 2011
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:34:25 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Mark Smith <markrefresh12@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAE79Dorz-hQPJkq4AUqz6hE+dnWpr5KuUy721xsfWqoRjD0uGA@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG@nanog.org
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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Mark Smith wrote:
> Does Huawei still sell (wired) routers under their own brand?
Yes. See NE40E/NE80E/NE5000E.
> The price of these boxes is quite attractive, but there are lots of
> buts. For example, how much do they have in common with Huawei boxes?
> Traditionally HP networking gear excluding basic pizzabox switches has
> not been very convincing.
My opinion is that the H3C stuff from 5 years ago is not generally good. I
don't know about their current gen. Huawei current gear is decent, they're
worth testing. If you like them they're as you say, available at a
generally good price point.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
