[j-nsp] Ip header problem - G/E 1000Base-LX

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:23:34PM -0700, Warren Kumari wrote:
> I had almost exactly the same issue with a GE PIC...
> 
> Turns out that someone "didn't know" that you have to pull the  
> ejection lever before installing the PIC, so they put it in the  
> chassis and pushed -- when it wouldn't slide in easily, he sat on the  
> floor, put his feet on the PIC and pushed as hard as he could -- it  
> hopped the rails and slid against the next PIC / rail...
> 
> Link would come up but I would get weird short packets -- lots of  
> truncated  / corrupted packets (usually just after the ethernet  
> header (MPLS or IP)) , runts, etc.
> Reseating the PIC (or sometimes just offline/online cycles) would fix  
> it for a bit...
> 
> Here is a photo of the damage: http://www.kumari.net/gallery2/ 
> main.php?g2_itemId=698

Ok, this story has so inspired me that I started a page for people to 
upload pictures of their damaged hardware on juniper.cluepon.net:

http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Damaged_Hardware

I know I have tons more damaged hardware floating around, some of it 
rather impressive, just a matter of digging up pictures of it all. 
Everyone feel free to contribute their personal favorites. :)

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