[50508] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MAE ATM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Habash)
Wed Jul 31 21:50:03 2002
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:49:44 -0700
From: Sam Habash <the@llama.com>
To: Mark Kent <mark@noc.mainstreet.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200208010139.g711dHmu098820@noc.mainstreet.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 06:39:17PM -0700, Mark Kent wrote:
>
> >> I almost forgot about those netedge boxes, seems the one we had in DC
> >> was about as reliable as a microwave with tin foil in it. I cant
> >> remember how many times it or a card had been replaced.
>
> There was a general belief that MFS only had one spare on each coast.
> When they swapped it in for a faulty box the one they pulled out
> became the "new" spare :-)
I remember that certain hardware revs on the NetWedges would corrupt
certain byte patters by swapping bits a certain way.
--Sam
