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----- Original Message -----
From: Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>
To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc: <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3
>On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Christopher Masto wrote:
>> That's the end of my little rant. The PM3 does a pretty decent job,
>> and if you turn on massive amounts of debugging, and spend a few days
>> figuring out what it means and tracking down the relevant
>> documentation, you can actually get a lot of that info.. but I can't
>
>Yes, that's exactly how I feel as well. On this list we can often see
>praise of ComOS, because "it is so easy to configure". Yes it is, but when
>you have a problem, it is HARD to debug, because you don't have as much
>information as you could.
>
>I hate to mention it, but yes, Cisco IOS can be sometimes hard to use, but
>you really can't beat the amount of information it can give you when you
>have a problem. With ComOS, you have to argue on this list (and rfe as
>much as you like) before your face gets red and you give up...
>
>The most simple example: which port uses which B channel? With the
>officialy documented commands, you can't find it out. Luckily somebody
>found the "munich" commands, which DO display this information. What is
>the problem with making a public command out of it???? Or why doesn't the
>B channel actually correspond to the S port (B channel 5 is S5)? I haven't
>heard a convincing argument yet, except for "it would be hard to
>implement".
>
>Another simple example: after more then 1 year of waiting, a ComOS 3.7.2c4
>for PM2's appears on the FTP site. Why is there no documentation for it?
>Why does no Lucent employee want to comment on it here (even a "somebody
>goofed and shouldn't have put it up there in the first place" would be
>just fine).
>
>Blaz Zupan, blaz@medinet.si, http://home.amis.net/blaz
>Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
>
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