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- From: shwake@nearside.UUCP (Raymond Shwake)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc
- Subject: Re: LAN Management Software Recommendations
- Message-ID: <59@nearside.UUCP>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 01:56:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov7.195723.27573@exlog.com>
- Followup-To: comp.dcom.lans
- Organization: A/C International
- Lines: 26
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- mcdowell@exlogcorp.exlog.com (Steve McDowell) writes:
-
- >I'm looking for the "ideal" software to manage a heterogeneous,
- >and quite distributed, lan environment. What are people out
- >there using? Is there a "best" product? Is there a "worst"?
-
- I admittedly don't have much to compare it to, but I've been
- disappointed with HP's OpenView Hub Manager for DOS Windows. We went this
- route because we were going heavily into EtherTwist and wanted something
- which would absolutely support our hardware without costing an arm and a leg.
- Aside from its aesthetic shortcomings, I don't care for the separate Draw,
- Admin and Run utilities (I'd expect better integration). It provides only
- limited functionality when dealing with anything beyond the basic HP hubs.
-
- We were also disappointed by the Dealer Only support in the absence
- of support contracts. Since our (government) procurement office gave the
- contract to a small-time dealer who's provided no support (when I could
- reach anyone there), we're effectively left in the lurch. Heck, even
- Compaq and Apple now provide direct vendor support gratis!
-
- Had we the opportunity to do it over again, we might have chosen
- the David Systems software (priced similarly to HP's Hub Manager) and
- chosen another vendor for the bulk of our ports.
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