> > There is also a lot of new gear where just putting a port on a vlan and > accepting un-tagged traffic becomes a 10 line config in cli. Who thought > this was a good idea? Yes, I can do it with 10 clicks in the GUI, but I > don't want to, I want to blow a standardized config on it, then just make a > couple of tweaks.
I don't know who needs 10 lines of config for this, but I hear copy paste is a viable option for such a need. On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM Shawn L via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote: > > "Grew up" on elm and vi (someone please make a gmail addon that supports > VI keys) -- CLI all the way. > > I will admit (grudgingly) that there are some things that a GUI is more > suited for. It can be a lot easier to visualize traffic flows with graphs, > etc. rather than packet counters. > > There is also a lot of new gear where just putting a port on a vlan and > accepting un-tagged traffic becomes a 10 line config in cli. Who thought > this was a good idea? Yes, I can do it with 10 clicks in the GUI, but I > don't want to, I want to blow a standardized config on it, then just make a > couple of tweaks. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "borg--- via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:11pm > To: nanog@lists.nanog.org > Cc: b...@uu3.net > Subject: [NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed? > > > > CLI forever ;) But more seriously. CLI is great, its quick, can > run on toaster and its easya automated using scripting > (generate, replace, preprocess). > > I like CLI to the point that my docs stuff runs under CLI terminal. > The GUI is only used for visualizers. > I hope that CLI will stay for a long time... > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > > From: Mark Prosser via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> > To: nanog@lists.nanog.org > Cc: Mark Prosser <m...@zealnetworks.ca> > Subject: [NANOG] The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed? > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:05:33 -0400 > > Hi NANOG community, > > I posed this question in several chat groups, but I'd like to get your > opinions. > > Do you love the CLI? Do you hate the CLI? Would you -- or do you already > -- > enjoy a world where you never need to touch the CLI, to manage your > network? > > This applies to both provisioning and troubleshooting; to which, you may > have > different answers. > > So far, I've seen a variety of replies around the usual "should/must/must > not/should not". > > Warm regards, > > -- > Mark Prosser > // E: m...@zealnetworks.ca > // W: https://zealnetworks.ca > > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/GNZX57LVD4XP2VIZTEQFBRGARHH6DVJC/ > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/M7MASHV2OR3L764U6KHPZBKG7NELBPVW/ > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/DXLGLBTJEPXOZF77UVKY7IYCSDTMMU5P/ > _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/nanog@lists.nanog.org/message/5BLI6ZUE7YM7VCHSOO6YGCRK4IFNPTL2/
