From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 16 08:22:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25789 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 08:22:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA25782; Sat, 16 May 1998 08:22:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA19695; Sat, 16 May 1998 11:31:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805161531.LAA19695@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 11:30:21 -0400 To: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" From: Dennis Subject: Re: Bandwidth limiter available Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <355C26DE.50A6CB29@pipeline.ch> References: <199805142303.QAA00334@antipodes.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:28 PM 5/15/98 +0200, you wrote: >Mike Smith wrote: >-snip- >> > The last thing we need on our way is a Cisco-IOS shell integrating all >> > those features under the well-known IOS command syntax. >> >> I will say that is, indeed, the very last thing we need. > >Why not? You have one common syntax for all network related >configurations. >I don't mean that as shell for the whole FreeBSD box, just for network >config. Simply type 'iosh' and do all your ifconfig's, route's and >bgp/ospf seamless. Because the unix command set is more "standard" than IOS, and IOS is poorly done in many areas because of the limitation in user interface resources. Surely an interface to generate gated configs would be useful, but to trash the well-known and powerful unix interface for IOS would be ridiculous. Dennis > >-- >Andre Oppermann > >CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer >Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) >Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland >Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 >http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message