In the real world, bugs force reboots, either to upgrade to code with different bugs or the bugs simply cause the reboot "automatically". Anyone else having fun with ACX7024 iTCO Watchdog Crashes recently? On Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 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.
I'm wondering what are the routers worldwide with the highest uptime. :)
I'll make a start. 2x Juniper M7i lab routers running BGP + VRRP:
--- JUNOS 12.3R2.5 built 2013-03-22 16:52:47 UTC admin@test01> show system uptime Current time: 2026-02-25 20:04:26 CET System booted: 2015-05-16 03:44:05 CEST (562w4d 17:20 ago) Protocols started: 2015-05-16 03:46:59 CEST (562w4d 17:17 ago) Last configured: 2026-02-22 18:57:12 CET (3d 01:07 ago) by admin 8:04PM up 3938 days, 17:20, 1 user, load averages: 0.25, 0.22, 0.17
--- JUNOS 12.3R2.5 built 2013-03-22 16:52:47 UTC admin@test02> show system uptime Current time: 2026-02-25 20:04:59 CET System booted: 2015-01-31 03:43:58 CET (577w4d 16:21 ago) Protocols started: 2015-01-31 03:47:48 CET (577w4d 16:17 ago) Last configured: 2026-02-19 20:41:16 CET (5d 23:23 ago) by admin 8:04PM up 4043 days, 16:21, 1 user, load averages: 0.19, 0.08, 0.07
Is that good or "like nothing"? :)
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