NANOG applicability (was: RE: )

Thu Sep 23 16:16:05 UTC 1999

At 05:45 AM 9/22/99 -0700, Derek Balling wrote:

>So now, even the age-old "litmus test" of "how do I program my Cisco to do 
>that?" is a bad one?

Actually, in the case of service providers, this is exactly why the
"cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net" was established.  Well, it wasn't really
established at that site, but that's where it migrated later.  The list
is available for discussion of cisco service provider specific discussions
just like this one.  If you want to talk about Juniper routers, on the
other hand.... :-) :-)
                                                 dave

>At 01:09 AM 9/22/99 -0700, Mike Leber wrote:
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>>Don't mean to be rude, these questions would be more appropriate for
>>inet-access, et al.  Most people on this list are national or
>>international backbone operators.  Appropriate topics concern operating
>>backbones.
>>
>>On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
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>> >
>> > I'm looking similarly, but T1/PRI for dial-in support and a T3 to the
>> > Internet.
>> > Got Cisco 6509 on the Internet side and Ascend MAX 6000 on the WAN side.
>> > Bothe managed by Checkpoint, on a Sun Ultra5.
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
>> > > Gerry McDonald
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:13 AM
>> > > To: nanog at merit.edu
>> > > Subject:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I have a question... I am currently expanding our network to
>> > > accommodate a T1 to the
>> > > Internet and a 512K frame connection to our WAN.. I need to
>> > > purchase a router and spoke
>> > > to several vendors. I have heard conflicting stories
>> > > regarding the model of Cisco router I
>> > > should get.
>> > >
>> > > One vendor <vendor a> tells me that I should get a 2620 with
>> > > 2 Wan Ports and the other
>> > > vendor <vendor b> is telling me that I might compromise my
>> > > security by using one router for
>> > > WAN and Internet connections. Their suggesting that I get 2
>> > > routers one for my Wan and
>> > > another for the Internet connection...
>> > >
>> > > Vendor B is telling me that it would be possible to enter our
>> > > wan without touching our firewall
>> > > should someone be able to hack into our IOS on the router...
>> > >
>> > > I decided to go the experts... I would appreciate any helpful
>> > > suggestions.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks...
>> > >
>> > > -Gerry
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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