True but I'm sorry if it's not a consumer router it doesn't need a graphical front end. Here's an example Say i want to code up a quick BGP configuration
From memory all I need to do is
router bgp abcd (my AS) no synchronization redistribute static route-map bgp-static redistribute connected route-map bgp-connected neighbor 10.18.1.2 remote defg neighbor 10.18.1.2 route-map full-routes out neighbor 10.18.1.2 route-map customer-routemap in exit ip prefix-list customer-list seq 5 permit 204.70.0.0/16 le 24 route-map customer-route-map perm 10 match ip address prefix-list customer-list set community abcd:115 etc. etc. That took me 20 to 30 seconds to rattle off on the top of my head. Go back to the graphical world where I'm clicking, filling in boxes, pointing and clicking some more, filling in more boxes, yada yada. It sucks especially for long projects. Or what about if I want to script something or still stranger maybe I want to use rancid to grab the configs. What about this maybe I want to use RPSL to build prefix filters? What then? Java is the biggest barrier to accessibility but the web UI is the biggest barrier to actually getting work done! Sorry for the rant but I've been fighting with an ASA5520 pair all day and joy of joys I have to now go make changes to a Netscreen pair which has an accessible but crappy UI. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg B." <gbobo@woh.rr.com> To: "'Blind sysadmins list'" <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] does anyone else hate the trend to web GUIsin network equipment? I don't think it is the fact that the equipment has a web based front end, the problem is JAVA. JAVA is one of those things that just doesn't want to cooperate with screen readers. Greg B. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:48 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] does anyone else hate the trend to web GUIs in network equipment? I'm a little disturbed by a trend in network hardware where everything has to have a web front end to configure. Even gear like the Cisco ASA has this totally inaccessible java based ASDM thingy that sucks on a whole new level. (even to sited users) What's happening to the command line? It's so much better and more efficient for working with network elements and frankly for servers. Everyone tell your Cisco reps that this is a bad thing. (tm) _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins