[j-nsp] Juniper to Juniper, dark fiber, SONET vs SDH (not working any more)

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 05:55:06PM +0100, Alexander Koch wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> since when is Juniper picky if one site is configured to SDH
> and the other to SONET? I have seen it twice now, and this

Since forever, unfortunately.

> seriously annoys the XXX out of me. It worked without any
> issue for years, now some variants of Juniper on the peering
> partner's side only come up if I change the whole PIC (yes)
> to SDH.

An eternal complaint.

> We run the 7.5 daily SR1 or so. I doubt I am the only to
> have seen that problem and been bitten by that. Is there any
> workaround for 7.5/7.6? I know things are nicer in 8.2, but
> we do not have it yet. :)

Yes that has the "great fix" for people who do mixed-mode on a multi-port 
PIC. Can't you damn euros just admit that SONET is the way, the truth, and 
the light and end this silly bit squabbling. :)

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