[c-nsp] Console server

[Nick Hilliard]

On 30/12/2010 20:20, Adam Leff wrote:
> We recently started buying the LX series from MRV and really like them.

MRV LX aren't bad, but I have a couple of problems with them: 1. I haven't 
found any way of configuring ports to ignore carrier status, which means 
that for those devices which don't raise carrier, I need to build a custom 
cable, 2. the CLI is truly horrible, and there is no excuse in 2011 for not 
supporting emacs-like control keys (e.g. ^U, ^W, ^A, etc), and 3. the 
programmable menuing system is facepalmingly awful.

On the +ve side, they appear to be quite reliable, and are well worth 
getting the dual PSU models with dual mgmt ethernet ports which can do 
default gateway detection using arp requests.

Nick