From owner-freebsd-isp Sat May 17 11:54:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA06249 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 17 May 1997 11:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [204.178.32.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA06244 for ; Sat, 17 May 1997 11:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA04265; Sat, 17 May 1997 15:02:14 GMT Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 15:02:14 +0000 (GMT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Damian Hamill cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: radius, usr total control and freebsd In-Reply-To: <337C2B73.ABD322C@cablenet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 16 May 1997, Damian Hamill wrote: > 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. WHoa whoa whoa! I just work here! I don't get to do fun things like buying the nicest product I can find... I looked at the PM3 after seeing all the glowing comments about it, and it seemed like the best bang for the buck. The Money Man (tm) however, is into deal-making, and the Livingston folks are just too boring for him... > > 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. "Special" is an overstatement. All the punks did was add some options for menuing and a few little proprietary configs. > Interoperability ??? what does that mean ???? ...nah I don't think I > should use that as a criteria when considering what kit to buy!!!! Comeon. Everyone loves open standards, but I just am not allowed to buy what I want.... > 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 >