Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!csn!boulder!daemon From: William "Chops" Westfield Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco Subject: "cisco Classic" software now available Message-ID: <33875@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 3 Apr 91 11:30:09 GMT Sender: daemon@boulder.Colorado.EDU Lines: 59 Recently, it has come to our attention that some cisco customers are unhappy with our reliability and configurability. Apparently some routers and terminal servers stay up so long that their owners feel badly about turning them off to be upgraded. In addition, the large number of features added in each release can be something of a challange to figure out how to use inn each environment. cisco is not deaf to such complaints, and we have come up with what we think is quite an elegant solution... Announcing: The cisco Classic Thanks to careful backup and archiving techniques employed at cisco, we are please to announce the availability of cisco router and terminal server software, version 5.1. Protocols supported are: - IP - ChaosNet packet forwarding based on IP routing tables. - PUP Routing protocols supported: - IGRP - GWINFO - EGP Hardware supported: - CSC/1 processor (or SUN/1 w 1M of memory) - 3Com ethernet interface - Interlan ethernet interface - SBE "slow" serial interface running - ACC 1822 interface [Note: cisco no longers sells any of this hardware. Some may still be available from other vendors, or can be found in "surplus" stores...] Other features: Contains NO network managment protocols. YOU get to manage the network the way YOU want to (can help ensure job security). It WILL crash at least once a month. (more job security) NO support for X.25 - this can be considered a cost-saving approach. You don't have to pay for features you don't use. No support for high speed networking - encourage efficient use of networking resources. 56kbps is as fast a remote link as the SBE interface will handle, and the PPS rating (1000 pps for short bursts) will make carefull tuning of other networking protocols necessary. Bill Westfield cisco Systems. -------