Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s))
On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:18:31 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes: which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, I wouldn't know. but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field? I consider BrokenView to be in the field of BigBuckMoneyBurn-ware ... Indeed. I've yet to meet anyone that has used it and -liked- it. The most common reason to run OV is "we installed some vendor hardware and they only let us manage it with OV". This now explains to me why the networking team at my old company, having had the UNIX, TCP/IP admin side install openview for them at vast expense. Then still relied on us to troubleshoot whenever there were problems We used e ping, traceroute, tcpdump etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s)
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:47:54 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer writes: On Friday 17 November 2000, at 9 h 25, the keyboard of Debian Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco routers and/or other Cisco gear. Everything is in Debian packages: m4 (to create configuration files) mrtg (to get stats from the boxes) mon (to monitor the boxes) telnet (just in case) and, of course, there´s rtrmon http://www.vix.com/vix/rtrmon/, though afaik not yet debian´ized, it does a great job if you have to cope with large numbers of routers (especially criscos). And add expect(1) to that list!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s))
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 15:08:02 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes: I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco there is wonderfull perl module for configuring Cisco routers. besides that you've got all default tools like telnet;),snmp utils like mrtg etc.. which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, maintaining (+backuping!) their configuration, both locally and in general, upgrading them with the latest security fixes etc pp. a bunch of fleas can´t be _that_ much more work ;-) ... rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s))
which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, I wouldn't know. but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s)
I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco there is wonderfull perl module for configuring Cisco routers. besides that you've got all default tools like telnet;),snmp utils like mrtg etc.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: working with cisco gear (Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s))
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:18:31 +0100, Dariush Pietrzak writes: which are useful unless you have to manage lots of those boxes, I wouldn't know. but isn't that what OpenView is for? and is unbeatable in that field? I consider BrokenView to be in the field of BigBuckMoneyBurn-ware ... If you´re (for whatever reason) already forced to use expensive (and much too often crappy) cisco-gear, I´d guess you don´t want to strangle yourself further with moremore not-open-source-software. rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s)
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:47:54 +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer writes: On Friday 17 November 2000, at 9 h 25, the keyboard of Debian Ghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco routers and/or other Cisco gear. Everything is in Debian packages: m4 (to create configuration files) mrtg (to get stats from the boxes) mon (to monitor the boxes) telnet (just in case) and, of course, there´s rtrmon http://www.vix.com/vix/rtrmon/, though afaik not yet debian´ized, it does a great job if you have to cope with large numbers of routers (especially criscos). hth, rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CISCO -- debian tool(s)
Hey Guys, I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco routers and/or other Cisco gear. I was thinking about things like analytical tools and configuration tools. Mainly I am interested in anything that is happening now and/or being developed. Any info much appriciated! D. Ghost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CISCO -- debian tool(s)
Debian Ghost wrote: Hey Guys, I was wondering if there were any debian tools used for working with Cisco routers and/or other Cisco gear. I was thinking about things like analytical tools and configuration tools. Mainly I am interested in anything that is happening now and/or being developed. Any info much appriciated! D. Ghost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I know that cisco has a product that work on solaris and NT, not yet on linux but they are working on it. Actually i use minicom to configure debug and monitor what's happening on my ciscos and i'm really glad about it. ;o) To monitor cisco routers and/or NAS, you can use rrdtool and mrtg to get info about bandwith, and snmp to reconfigure the cisco on the fly (for example in combination with lids). youri -- Youri Albinovanus System Administrator Tiscali Belgium 29-31 Ch. d'Ixelles 1050 BRUXELLES BELGIUM Tel. : +32 2 4000888 Fax. : +32 2 4000899 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
