-- Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support Services - Remedy Corporation BOFH, GWP, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, BFD -----Original Message----- From: fubar@pir.net [mailto:fubar@pir.net] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 4:25 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: Filer Serial Connectivity >>>>> "skeezics" == Chris Lamb skeezics@measurecast.com writes: >> Why would you want this type of solution instead of/in addition to >> FilerView? skeezics> Some of us old die-hard command-line guys have never used skeezics> FilerView. I personally think the whole GUI/WWW thing is a skeezics> fad. :-) Nevermind that FilerView isn't going to help much if 1) you're connecting through a dumb terminal over 9600baud modem or 2) need to get to the serial prompt or 3) don't have access to a windoze box. Despite the abundance of Microsoft product, not everyone uses them. skeezics> More importantly, if the network is hosed on a machine the skeezics> serial console is still a way to unwedge things. Upgrading skeezics> IPFilter or SSH or renumbering a machine without a reboot is skeezics> kinda cool - you can "ifconfig down" to your heart's content skeezics> without sawing off the branch you're sitting on. :-) That, too... taking down the interface you're connecting through can make for a long evening. ;-) K.