This chart (PDF link) on the reliability of the Nortel BCM just isn’t true. It lists a MTBF of 43.1 years with a an average chance of failure per year of 2.3%. We’ve been using the Nortel BCM 400 for four and half years and we are now undergoing our second replacement. Therefore I’d . . . → Read More: Nortel BCM Failure
The company I work for moved their corporate offices (with which I am affiliated) a little more than a year ago from Cleveland, Ohio to just down the road in Parma, Ohio. After the move we switched from a single, dedicated T-1 circuit to a series of MPLS circuits that utilize managed (i.e. AT&T . . . → Read More: Is it AT&T, Parma, or Bad Luck?
For the past ten years I’ve been responsible for the Nortel switches at my current employer but with this last upgrade our vendor talked me into getting HP Procurves instead. I don’t regret the decision as they were quite affordable, but I’m underwhelmed by the feature set on the routers compared to our older . . . → Read More: ROM Updates