How I spent last summer: Converting MAX to 2547 VPNs Converting NGIX/DC atm to gige Dan Magorian Director, Engineering and Operations magorian@maxgigapop.net

The war story

•Caveat: MCI did VERY good job, not their fault.

•MCI is contractor for both original vBNS and in 2002 brought up new DREN. MCI had Verizon OC12 from their pop to MAX for years, I suggested both share it.

•With summer gige conversion, were unable to get replacement gige line to their pop. Decided keep OC12atm and I installed their colo M10 to run TCCs.

•Juniper and Andrea Reitzel tested in lab, worked

•At midnight cut, vBNS TCCs failed, had to back out 5am. Eventually had to loan MCI MAX on-site test routers.

•Scott Robohn of Juniper found,needed old gige firmware

•After another 4am-er got working, but tccs still touchy

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