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mcdowell@exlogcorp.exlog.com (Steve McDowell) writes:

>I'm looking for the "ideal" software to manage a heterogeneous,
>and quite distributed, lan environment. What are people out 
>there using? Is there a "best" product? Is there a "worst"?

	I admittedly don't have much to compare it to, but I've been
disappointed with HP's OpenView Hub Manager for DOS Windows. We went this
route because we were going heavily into EtherTwist and wanted something
which would absolutely support our hardware without costing an arm and a leg.
Aside from its aesthetic shortcomings, I don't care for the separate Draw,
Admin and Run utilities (I'd expect better integration). It provides only
limited functionality when dealing with anything beyond the basic HP hubs.

	We were also disappointed by the Dealer Only support in the absence
of support contracts. Since our (government) procurement office gave the
contract to a small-time dealer who's provided no support (when I could
reach anyone there), we're effectively left in the lurch. Heck, even
Compaq and Apple now provide direct vendor support gratis!

	Had we the opportunity to do it over again, we might have chosen
the David Systems software (priced similarly to HP's Hub Manager) and
chosen another vendor for the bulk of our ports.
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