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  • Re: Network hardware

    From dozo@21:1/238 to tassiebob on Wed Apr 30 20:14:39 2025
    Can you elaborate on why Arista over Cisco...

    OK, so considering Juniper & Cisco.

    Juniper
    -------
    Has some interesting hardware, and indeed I have deployed some Juniper boxe
    the not too distant past (some old
    ACX's for "reasons", and some MX204's). I would be hesitant to deploy new Juniper right now until I see how the HP acquisition plays out. The MX204
    nice box, but between HP and Micron I'd have to think twice right now.


    Cisco
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    Their code quality is questionable. 20+ years ago there was an issue where frames with a '4' in the MAC address at a

    Hi tassiebob,

    Thanks for the insight (I'm a network engineer too). In $workplace we will be replacing our Cisco gear for new stuff. What it will be remains to be seen as we need to go through an RFP.

    In the past I have managed a Cisco IP Contact Center Enterprise. State of the art, super redundant except when it wasn't... I ended up with a direct connection to the voice devs (bypassing our supplier and TAC altogether). Interesting times... But reading your story and thinking about my own experiences sometimes makes me want to spend the rest of my working days driving a train or bus ;)

    dozo

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  • From dozo@21:1/238 to niter3 on Wed Apr 30 20:19:57 2025
    Agree! Their whole licensing model is terrible!

    True that, and we have specified that we're looking for something simple in the next round :)

    Only thing I'm seeing this with are their shitty FTD's.

    *touch wood* have to say that the ones I manage are running fine actually.

    dozo

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  • From niter3@21:1/199 to dozo on Thu May 1 05:35:42 2025
    Only thing I'm seeing this with are their shitty FTD's.

    *touch wood* have to say that the ones I manage are running fine
    actually.

    That's good, but I'm finding every couple weeks HA gets out of a sync and you gotta bounce the FTD in question...

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