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As an intern, I used expect in my first job to create a monitoring system for ~ 200 L3 Routers in a private network. Eventually I learned about SNMP and also th
by pid-1 4y ago
As an intern, I used expect in my first job to create a monitoring system for ~ 200 L3 Routers in a private network. Eventually I learned about SNMP and also that I probably should Google "How to X" before rolling out my own solution for anything.
- icedchai 4y agoAbout 20 years ago, I built a system for L3 router configuration using expect. It basically allowed support people to move a port's VLAN and change its status from a web app. It was for a local telco and they used it for a couple of hospitality / hotel customers, IIRC.
- RHSeeger 4y agoInterestingly, I did something very similar in my first job, though it included backing up configurations and the like. It's worth noting that a lot of routers (at that time) didn't really support much in the way of SNMP. As such, one had to navigate menus to get to the necessary options; and nothing is as potent as Expect at that kind of thing.