[c-nsp] just installed a Huawei...

Scott Granados scott at granados-llc.net
Wed Jul 27 18:39:46 EDT 2011


I'm not sure about that.  Not sure about the legal action side but the 
stolen source part I think there's some background to.



-----Original Message----- 
From: John Gill
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 5:36 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] just installed a Huawei...

I don't think foundry was sued or stated that they stopped shipping
stolen IOS source.

John Gill
cisco


On 7/27/11 4:52 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
> How does this differ from what Foundry did? :) The CLI in the fast iron
> or server iron gear for example is pretty damn similar. The "router bgp"
> commands were absolutely the same and the only difference was the way
> that foundry named interfaces. (ethernet x/x instead of distinguishing
> between gig / fast E etc). Route-maps, basic routing, and I'd say 95% of
> the interface was a rip off of IOS. Even down to show ver.:)
>
> Something about Flattery or some such!
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Storey
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 4:20 PM
> To: scubacuda at gmail.com
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] just installed a Huawei...
>
> Huawei got into a bit of trouble a couple of years back. Cisco sued them
> for
> copying their CLI, claiming that it gave them an unfair cost advantage by
> requiring less investment in training, or some such. But they also found
> that the Huawei manuals contained large slabs of text copied seemingly 
> word
> for word (bar s/Cisco/Huawei) from Cisco manuals/website.
>
> Can you post a full config (sans passwords/etc) so we can really see how
> "different" it is? Maybe some CLI outputs too? :-)
>
>
> On 26 July 2011 05:51, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not sure if it's any interest of this group, but I just installed a
>> Huawei CX600 router this last week.
>>
>> It's like Cisco quality (garbage!) for the price that Cisco should be
>> (low!). The commands are very similar (e.g. switchport -> portswitch,
>> no shut -> undo shut, etc), and you configure it almost identical to
>> what you'd expect on a Cisco.
>>
>> The worst part about the Huawei is probably the documentation. It's
>> scattered all over the place, so if you want something simple (like
>> telnet access), it's in a completely different PDF than if you want,
>> say, VLAN configuration commands. Finding it all is a huge scavenger
>> hunt.
>>
>> But hey...for like a 1/4 of the price or whatever (so I've heard), I'd
>> say it's worth it. :b
>>
>>
>> --
>> Also on LinkedIn? Feel free to connect if you too are an open
>> networker: scubacuda at gmail.com
>>
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