Cisco router snafu disconnects Japan from the Net
 

*Source: TG Daily (http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32082/103/)*
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Tokyo Japan - Thousands of Cisco routers belonging to Nippon Telephone and Telegraph East failed on Tuesday and knocked out millions of Japanese broadband Internet customers. According to Network World, 2000 to 4000 routers failed to forward data packets when their routing tables overflowed. This resulted in a 7 hour outage and many angry customers.

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