Re: Windows GUI diff software with masking capability?

["David P. Allen" <allendp () PLU EDU>]

You may want to try UltraCompare 
(http://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultracompare.html)

I've been using UltraEdit & UltraCompare for years with great success. 
We're not much of a Cisco shop, but their editor does have a couple of 
Cisco syntax highlighting plug-ins available as well. I don't remember 
if they are supported in the compare tool as well, but it may be worth a 
look.

Youngquist, Jason R. wrote:
> I’ve done some googling, and so far I haven’t found what I’m looking 
> for. We have created a standard router template for all of our remote 
> campus routers. What I’d like to be able to do is compare the router 
> template with the config from a router. The issue is that there are 
> going to be a number of items such IP addresses, hostnames, etc. that 
> will be different between the two configuration files. What I would 
> like is the ability to “mask out” these differences in the router 
> template, so differences in configuration will more easily stand out. 
> Does such a program exist?
>
> For example:
>
> Remote router:
>
>         
>
> Router Template:
>
> version 12.3
>
> no service pad
>
> -----------------
>
> service tcp-keepalives-ou
>
> service timestamps debug datetime msec show-timezone
>
> service timestamps log datetime msec show-timezone
>
> service password-encryption
>
> ……
>
> no ip dhcp use
>
> ip dhcp excluded-address 10.159.1.100 10.159.1.254
>
> ip dhcp excluded-address 10.159.65.200 10.159.65.254
>
>         
>
> version 12.4
>
> no service pad
>
> service tcp-keepalives-in
>
> service tcp-keepalives-out
>
> service timestamps debug datetime msec show-timezone
>
> service timestamps log datetime msec show-timezone
>
> service password-encryption
>
> …
>
> no ip dhcp use vrf connected
>
> ip dhcp excluded-address xx.xxx.x.xxx xx.xxx.x.xxx
>
> ip dhcp excluded-address xx.xxx.xx.xxx xx.xxx.xx.xxx
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jason Youngquist
>
> Information Technology Security Engineer
>
> Technology Services
>
> Columbia College
>
> 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO 65216
>
> (573) 875-7334
>
> jryoungquist () ccis edu
>
> http://www.ccis.edu


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