From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Feb 4 12: 0:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (PacHell.TelcoSucks.org [207.90.181.5]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EEB4569 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:36:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA72545; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:29:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:29:59 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Troy Kittrell Cc: Ask Bjoern Hansen , Chris Dillon , Mark Holloway , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O/T: Foundry Message-ID: <20000204112959.B60735@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org> Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <389AE187.9D375DAA@basspro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <389AE187.9D375DAA@basspro.com>; from troyk@basspro.com on Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0600 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0600, Troy Kittrell wrote: > The cli interface wasn't well rated in anything I read while researching the > ServerIrons. We went ahead and purchased the GUI for it. IMHO, anyone > considering purchasing them should just include the GUI and be done with it. > > Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote: > > > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Chris Dillon wrote: > > > > ... > > > Last time someone showed one of these things to me, it was using a PPC > > > processor, not an Alpha. When did they change, and which one are they > > > using right now? Anyway, I was pretty impressed with it. :-) > > > > I could only remember the login details for one several months old, but > > yes, that one is a ppc. > > > > telnet@lb01#sh ver > > SW: Version 05.0.03T12 Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Foundry Networks, Inc. > > Compiled on Jun 29 1999 at 10:56:44 labeled as SLB05003 > > HW: ServerIron Switch, serial number 041890 > > 240 MHz Power PC processor 603 (revision 7) with 32756K bytes of DRAM > > 16 100BaseT interfaces with Level 1 Transceiver LXT975 > > 2 GIGA uplink interfaces, SX > > ... > > > > We have a bunch of them, and they work alright I think (not my > > department). The cli is really lame, or at least the hours I played with > > them it worn out my patience pretty fast. > > > > - ask The cli is pretty Cisco like and it has one big advantage above Cisco the last time I used it. While in configure mode, you can't look at the current config on Ciscos, you can on Foundry. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message