I have been on this list for about 2 weeks, just observing the
discussions. I have primarily worked with wireless service
providers in
the past who are fairly low budget operators. Some of the
things I've
observed about this group are:
* This list seems to be populated by better funded operations
(whether
that means larger or just better at getting funding may remain
to be
seen)
* Most of the operators on this list seem to be pretty good at
their
work and the questions seem to revolve around more complex
issues
* There seems to be a number of corporate network operators on
this list
as opposed to access network operators (such as ISPs and such)
I hope you all don't take this as an affront and get offended,
as that's
not my intent. I am just making some simple observations.
Having said this, I wanted to introduce myself and see if this
is a list
that I need to participate in actively. I am a network engineer
and
consultant. I have worked in the past with Cisco, Juniper and
other
similar "higher end" type devices, but it's been a while since I
had
customers who use that gear. Most of my current customer base
are
smaller operators who can pinch a penny in half. :-)
I do a lot of work with MikroTik RouterOS, ImageStream and other
Linux
based devices. I do engineering, training, hardware sales and
such for
networks all over the world. I am likely to continue to monitor
the
list for questions that are in my area of expertise, but
wondered if
these devices I mention are "common" to operators on this list.
I know
that I have not caught a discussion that involved any of them so
far
(other than one reference to an OpenBSD solution a day or two
ago).
Anyway, hello to the list and I look forward to finding a home
among
this group.
