Re: [tlug] Redhat

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 04:24:58PM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 11:57:48AM -0700, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 08:12:08AM -0400, Scott Robbins wrote:

Sorry, once again forgot to check that this wasn't coming from my work
address, hence the extra > on each line.

> > 
> > >works with java relatively well. (Necessary at work to manage a Nortel
> > >switch).
> > 
> > You need *Java* to manage a switch?!  Excuse me while I puke.
> 
> 
> Agreed. Their Linux client is absolutely awful as well, and I haven't
> gotten it to work on FreeBSD under Linux emulation.  
> 
> It's got this nice (feh) gui Java stuff that took me two days to get
> working in FreeBSD so that I didn't have to switch on the MS box to
> manage it for simple garbage like adding a user to the VPN.
> 
> 
> 
> > Note to self: never buy a Nortel switch or recommend one at work.
> > Sheesh.  I thought it was bad enough that some products have a web
> > interface only, no telnet, and others can be managed by telnet but
> > you can't turn off the built in web server, but things have sunk to a
> > new low with the news that there's a switch out there that requires
> > Java to manage it.
> 
> Yup.
> > 
> > What next?  Switches that will only talk to Internet Exploder? :-p
> 
> That's almost what it came down to.  Don't get me started.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Scott
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Scott

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