[66495] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PC Routers (was Re: /24s run amuck)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul)
Wed Jan 14 20:16:18 2004
From: "Paul" <paul@rusko.us>
To: <haesu@towardex.com>
Cc: <haesu@towardex.com>, "james" <hackerwacker@cybermesa.com>,
"Danny Burns" <danny.burns@dial.pipex.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:23:34 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: <haesu@towardex.com>
To: "Paul" <paul@rusko.us>
Cc: <haesu@towardex.com>; "james" <hackerwacker@cybermesa.com>; "Danny
Burns" <danny.burns@dial.pipex.com>; <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: PC Routers (was Re: /24s run amuck)
> > ... and we care because? the router is a black box. if the output is not
> > what is expected, it matters not why. though understandable, it is still
not
> > acceptable. </imho>
>
> and you blame zebra ?
no, i blame the solution. if fans in my switch keep dying, i blame the
manufacturer of the switch for picking an unreliable fan manufactuer, not
the manufacturer of the fan alone.
> if an equipment / vendor you have on your network is not acceptable, do
what is
> acceptable such as (get another vendor|debug the problem|call the support)
etc
yes. i handle this by not using zebra/(.*)OS boxes for tasks that are better
handled by something else.
paul
