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Re: Cisco Update


From: Scott Howard <scott () doc net au>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:31:19 -0700

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org> wrote:

Routers are sometimes used on networks that don't have internet
connectivity [by design].  This seems amazingly short-sighted for a company
that's been around selling routing gear as long as cisco.


If the router is not connected to the internet (either due to network
design, or just because you ripped out the WAN cable) then it IS able to be
managed locally.  Plug the Internet back in, and that option goes away.

  Scott


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