When they got into bed with Clearwire (AKA Clear), and were doing ~~ 50
licensed links per day, there was speculation what might happen to them
if/when Clear went toes up. It happened, but the hysteresis of that
reaction is pretty interesting.

On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What Mikrotik did right is that if you know the GUI then you probably know
> the CLI.
> I.E.: Clicking IP -> Firewall -> NAT is the same as typing "/ip firewall
> nat"
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Robert Andrews" <i...@avantwireless.com>
> To: af@afmug.com
> Sent: 8/3/2017 1:09:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DW shutsdown
>
> I love a CLI, _as a backup_  for those times that I only have text
>> access.   But give me a GUI.   My favorite is still the Mikrotik custom gui
>> but there has to be a web one as well.
>>
>> On 08/03/2017 09:55 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>>
>>> I feel about the same.  I'm not scared of a CLI.  I just don't have the
>>> time to learn and remember everybody's syntax.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Rory Conaway" <r...@triadwireless.net
>>> <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>>
>>> To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>>
>>> Sent: 8/3/2017 12:51:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DW shutsdown
>>>
>>> Ha, yea.  I wrestled a Grizzly Bear once, 15-20 seconds late it was
>>>> all over so this doesn’t scare me J.  With the amount of equipment we
>>>> have to work with, it’s impossible to be a command line expert in
>>>> everything.  GUI’s are far more universal.  Had to put up a Sub-10
>>>> 80GHz radio yesterday.  5 minutes through the GUI, caught up.
>>>> Dragonwave, 2 support calls, and 2 guys for 4 hours to get our first
>>>> link up.  Guess which one will never get a P.O. from our company in
>>>> the future.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>]
>>>> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:47 AM
>>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DW shutsdown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Uh oh, you just poked the cli commando bear
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 3, 2017 11:44 AM, "Rory Conaway" <r...@triadwireless.net
>>>> <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We just put some up and weren’t impressed.  When you call tech support
>>>> and they make you feel like a second class tech because you don’t use
>>>> command line entries instead of the GUI, that’s pretty much the end of
>>>> our relationship with that company going forward.  GUI’s are important
>>>> to reducing training and being able to have more techs handle basic
>>>> support which in turn reduces costs and improves support times.  How
>>>> that message hasn’t gotten through to some companies is beyond me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>]
>>>> *On Behalf Of *Jon Langeler
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:38 AM
>>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DW shutsdown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dragonwave was always higher priced but I could never figure out the
>>>> advantages.
>>>>
>>>> Jon Langeler
>>>>
>>>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 3, 2017, at 11:48 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net
>>>> <mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Wow. I wonder how that happened?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Used to be one of the forefront in that market.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Just couldn’t keep pace with the industry?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     I bet that happens to Ceragon in the next year or two.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Gino A.
>>>>     Villarini
>>>>     *Sent:* Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:42 AM
>>>>     *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>>>     *Subject:* [AFMUG] DW shutsdown
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     http://www.rcrwireless.com/20170803/business/backhaul-firm-
>>>> dragonwave-enters-receivership-tag17
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     /*Gino A. Villarini*/
>>>>
>>>>     President
>>>>
>>>>     Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968
>>>>
>>>>     <image001.png>
>>>>
>>>>
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