(PM) looking for opinions - PM3

Scott P. Daffron (scott@cs.odu.edu)
Sun, 14 Feb 1999 19:29:39 -0500 (EST)

A couple of years ago a happy, care-free network engineer made the
decision to standardize all of his dial-in gear on Ascend.

Today, an irritated, beaten-down network engineer wants to throw them all
out the window.

I am now looking for opinions on other boxes such as PM3's, Total Control,
and the AS5300. I have read all of the lab tests, and am fairly up to
speed with how they stack up with regards to performace. What I am
looking for is first-hand experience with regard to the stability of these
boxes, any major problems over time, support, and overall how well they
work under full loads in a real network environment.

Having a lot of experience with Cisco routers and Cisco as a company, I am
prepared to pay the extra $$ for a product that I can rely on. The only
thing is that I know nothing of Cisco dial gear, nor do I find it anywhere
in the field. If the PM3 works well, then I will have to consider it do
to its lower price. I have a demo 5300 coming in next week. Any configs
to get me up and running with standard PRI analog/ISDN dialin would be
greatly appreciated. I don't want to waste my "demo" time simply learning
how to get things setup.

Thanks in advance.

Scott Daffron
Network Engineer
Pinnacle Online

scott@pinn.net
757-455-5959

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