Mea cupa, you are correct John!! Time to get outta here, I'm thirsty ;)
Dave John Neiberger wrote: > I thought show conf was the equivalent of show start, not show run? That > seemed to cause an issue once with someone I was helping over the phone. I > wasn't aware that show config wasn't the same as show run and he had an > issue similar to the original post in this thread. He kept making changes > to a config but show conf did not reflect those changes. > > Or at least I think that's what happened. It's been a while. > > John > > >>>>MADMAN 5/30/03 1:34:27 PM >>> >>> > Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > >>Bruce Enders wrote: >> >> >>>What kind of output do you get after the write mem or copy run >>>start >> >> >>Wasn't Cisco supposed to depricate "write mem?" I never learned those > > forms > >>of the commands because when I first started learning Cisco eight years > > ago, > >>Cisco said not to bother learning them because they were going away! > > > Yes I heard that in about 1995 but in 12.3.1 I can still use the old > "wr" for write mem, "sh ha" for sh ver, "sh conf" for sh runn and "wr t" > in place of sh runn. I guess I'm a luddite :) > > >>Then yesterday I discovered that my new PIX firewall wouldn't take "copy > > run > >>start?" Or was I making a typo or something? I had to reach into the back > > of > >>my mind and come up with "write mem" which I thought they were going to > > get > >>rid of. And I approved of that plan since it's totally non-intuitive. :-) > > > It used to be worse! Yes the PIX is confusing in many respects when > accostomed to IOS CLI. One thing they got right is you don't have to > subnet mask one way with interfaces and another with access-lists, > something I always hated about IOS!! > > >>Speaking of non-intuitive, why DO we put up with the PIX? What a beast. > > It > >>took me all day to get it to do some simple forwarding. The thing is >>expensive, slow, and almost impossible to configure. Why do we put up > > with > >>it? :-) Not being able to do "copy run start" took the cake. > > > Don't feel too bad, I am trying to get a simple static NAT for a mail > server working for a customer, should be simple, ya right, TGIF :) > > Dave > > >>Rantings from a frustrated Cisco fan. >> >>Priscilla >> >> >> > > > David Madland > CCIE# 2016 > Sr. Network Engineer > Qwest Communications > 612-664-3367 > > "Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it > can do something to the people." -- Thomas Jefferson -- David Madland CCIE# 2016 Sr. Network Engineer Qwest Communications 612-664-3367 "Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people." -- Thomas Jefferson Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=69907&t=69850 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

