Re: (usr-tc) Re: (PM) Max 4060, PM3, BAY 8000, AS3000 or USR

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:58:40 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, MegaZone wrote:

> Once upon a time Ming Lu shaped the electrons to say...
> >Speak of experience, livingstone PM3 is cheap, but is is also cheap made.
> >I used them twice (my customers bought them). PM3 only support RIP and
> >limited OSPF functions, not even VLSM. Tech Support was very lousy too;
> >one of senior engineer told me that VLSM was not a part of OSPF
> >spec...:-).
>
> This is COMPLETE BULLSHIT.

Its his opinion wrong as it may be.
>
> The PM-3 did OSPF *DAY ONE* with FULL VLSM and CIDR. Even OSPF NSSA,

Oh that part. Are you sure it did ospf since day 1? There was some MAJOR
feature that the very first pm 3's were missing but it was so lng ago I
forgot. It must have been quickly added.

> which many OSPF implementations lack. It has also supported BGP-4 for
> some time now, since ComOS 3.7.

The thing that got me, was that he said it was cheaply made. Ive been in
this business for 20 years, and I can say that the PM 3 is VERY well made,
much better even that the PM 2, especially if you compare it to the pipe
50 or the max. Im talking about physical construction here.

You want to see a cheaply made unit, try a pipe 50. Weak plastic cases, no
power switches, no port labels on the back, a flimsy switch that did
nothing, etc...

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