Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 08:38:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net> Cc: spork <spork@super-g.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: radius, usr total control and freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970516083743.9445H-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <337C2B73.ABD322C@cablenet.net>
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No need to call names - its not helpful and not becoming of an adult. We bought what we bought based on the number of clients who asked for it. On Fri, 16 May 1997, Damian Hamill wrote: > spork wrote: > > > > If anyone has info on Radius and USR Total Control, I'd love to hear from > > them as well... We just bought a whole bunch of these, and I hate the > > thought of buying a Sparc or NT (yechhhh) machine to run the USR modded > > Radius. > > Let me get this straight; you bought a load of USR kit when for half the > price you could have bought Livingston PM3. What's worse you can't use > it. So you paid twice the price for kit you can't use. > > hhmmm.... which business college did you go to ? > > Actually I know that the USR NetServers will work with a radius server > running on a linux/freebsd platform built from livingston source, but I > suppose that USR presume that if you are dumb enough to waste money on > their kit then you are probably dumb enough to believe their marketing > tripe and waste another $5,000 on a version of their 'special' radius > server for freebsd. > > Interoperability ??? what does that mean ???? ...nah I don't think I > should use that as a criteria when considering what kit to buy!!!! > > regards > damian > > OK I admit this was a little facetious but I cannot see a valid reason > why people would buy USR kit, I can only assume that you bought more on > market brand than on research into available products. What's worse you > probably can't get your money back. Even if I was foolish enough to buy > USR in the first place I would tell them to get it working with my > "INDUSTRY STANDARD" Livingston radius server otherwise the kit would be > returned for a full refund (that's why we try to pay for everything by > credit card). > > -- > * PIAB - PoP In A Box - the total solution for ISPs, with more features > * than a Constable landscape, and very cheap too!! > * http://www.cablenet.net/cablenet/popinabox/ > * Damian Hamill damian@cablenet.net >
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