I have to respectfully disagree, Done correctly with caution when necessary the router is an excellant and often the only troubleshooting tool. If your unpacking a Sniffer your in deep doo doo as it's quite rare I require it to solve a network problem. Don't get me wrong, they are essential and have a purpose but too often people are going too deep too fast to solve problems that do not require an analyzer.
I used a couple of EIGRP debugs yesterday to help a hospital whose core 6500 was melting down and for those that do remote support debug is our friend. DebugDave Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > At 07:32 AM 5/24/02, dre wrote: > > Cisco router to solve any problem, even those that shouldn't be solved > >with > >a router! > > And how about all the people who try to turn the router into a > troubleshooting tool? You wouldn't believe how many times I've had to > convince people that the debug commands aren't a replacement for a sniffer. > Not only are there issues with eating CPU resources to display the debug > info, but a lot of the commands don't show packets (which they shouldn't). > Also, regardless of whether they show events or packets, they don't display > the information in English (in many cases). In fact, many of the debug > commands were written to help Cisco software and hardware developers do > some debugging on flaky code/hardware. They weren't written to help a > network administrator or engineer. > > I know this is a tangent from the real discussion, but I just wanted to > make that additional point about a Cisco router not being the solution to > every problem. > > Priscilla > > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44984&t=44876 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
