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Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime
From: Bryan Fields via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:33:19 -0500
On 2/25/26 14:29, Markus via NANOG wrote:
Hi NANOG, in the past there was the Netcraft website which showed publicly "Servers with the highest uptime". Sadly that site apparently doesn't exist anymore.
Netcraft confirms: BSD is dying There's this well known boast of some guy's terminal server in Orlando:
https://old.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/252nge/whats_the_longest_uptime_youve_seen_on_a_network/htx4bim/
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-J-L), Version 11.1(8), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-1996 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Thu 05-Dec-96 11:41 by tamb Image text-base: 0x03038820, data-base: 0x00001000 ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWAREROM: 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
orl-sn2 uptime is 25 years, 59 minutes System restarted by reload at 10:39:11 CST Wed Jan 29 1997 System image file is "flash:igs-j-l_111-8.bin", booted via flash Further down the comments he mentions it was powered down in 2023.. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net _______________________________________________NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog () lists nanog org/message/QOPG6WJ7LZSAM4AUQJL7YYRJNJHO3FRS/
Current thread:
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime, (continued)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Patrick W. Gilmore via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Andrew Kirch via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Tom Beecher via NANOG (Feb 25)
- RE: OT: Routers with highest uptime Gary Sparkes via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Marco Moock via NANOG (Feb 25)
- RE: OT: Routers with highest uptime Gary Sparkes via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Justin Streiner via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime John Kristoff via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Mike Simpson via NANOG (Feb 26)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime John Kristoff via NANOG (Feb 26)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Tom Beecher via NANOG (Feb 25)
- Re: OT: Routers with highest uptime Markus via NANOG (Feb 26)
