<div>when I worked for the ISP they ran Juniper Core Routers, and they were fantastic.</div>
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<div>BUT</div>
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<div>We never dropped a single voice packet on that network, not one...</div>
<div>so I have nothing to offer you other than, good luck.</div>
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<div>Kevin<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/29/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Reimers</b> <<a href="mailto:treimers@ashevillenc.gov">treimers@ashevillenc.gov</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">hi everyone-</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">The organization I work for is considering purchasing a new "core" router for our network.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Currently we run all Cisco equipment and have a Cisco 4.1X AVVID install - two CCM, one IPCC (non-Unity VM though)</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">The management wants to consider running a non-Cisco core VLAN router (perhaps a Juniper), to be the VTP server for the rest of the Cisco 3560/3750 switches in the network</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">as it could be considerably cheaper than a Cat6500.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">(My apologies in advance to the Cisco guys on here for discussing non-Cisco switching/routing/VTP hardware)</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">But I would also value your thoughts as to how the TAC might approach support calls on the CCM/IPCC equipment in the presence of a non-Cisco foundation.</font></span></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>What do you guys hear/know about the idea of running a non-Cisco VTP server talking to Cisco switches at the distribution later?</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Considering that there's an AVVID installation running on top of it, I figured I'd post that to here.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span>Thanks,</span></font></div>
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