Hoping somebody with higher access then guest to Cisco's web site will help me on an altruistic ende

Hi All, I was hoping somebody could spare two secs and help me out a
*whole* lot
I need to get two files off of Cisco web site to get a DSLAM I've
gotten handed
down working. I can't afford a service contract with Cisco and I'm
trying to aLearn
about DSL bwire up a non-profit housing block with cheap internet

I'm a student recovering from some health problems myself, so I'm not
in really
any position to be spending any serious money

 

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I'm confused to the point of this message .....
Cisco won't let people with a 'guest' registered account download software
Although this hardware of course has the license

 

How are we supposed to know that you have the license for the file you are
looking for? If you have the license, then you should have the software.
If not, you'll have to work that out with Cisco.

The point of the message is that if anyone helps you get that file, they are
violating their own contracts with Cisco and subject to causing themselves a
lot of trouble. While your cause may seem noble, I don't think anyone wants
to risk their future relationship with Cisco just to help you. Sorry.

 

From the Cisco web page it says that when the hardware was
purchased, you also purchased the right to use the software. And since
I have this, it most of been sold. ergo -> I have the right to use the
software. However I don't have to right to demand tech support from
Cisco, however I'm asking here if somebody could help me. I know
technicaly Cisco is trying to own your ass, technicly RIAA 'says' that
your don't allowed to resell a music CD, however common law says you
allowed to.

I'm hoping somebody will help me out, will Cisco come down on
somebody's ass for helping me ? of course not.
However if somebody started make copies of the software, then sell
it on Ebay for $100 a pop - of course they would

This is how I see it, a few people will sternly point out that it's
possible it could maybe kind of be considered in breach of your
agreement with Cisco (they're the same sort of person who becomes a
cop). Most people will ignore my request, however I'm hoping that a
few of the people will see this for what it is

One human asking another for help, it will only take 5 minutes and
help me out On the big scheme of things, it's not really going to
make that much of a difference in your life, however it would help me
out allot, and help me help some other people too

 

Let's do this as an analogy. Say you bought a PC back in 1998 with Windows
98 on it. You had the software and license to run that on your pc. That
did not entitle you to any upgrades and it came with a particular feature
set (being Windows 98). To say that you have Windows OS rights to your pc
is very vague. What version of the OS, which release? Why shouldn't
someone provide you with the latest release of Windows XP code - you have a
license, right? You need to understand that the Cisco IOS has many releases
and features. What rev of software and what release do you have rights to?
See where I'm going with this? If you want upgrades and other feature sets,
you need to pay for them. How are we supposed to know what file you have a
license to?

Would Cisco track me down for giving you a copy of the IOS - probably not.
But, I'm not about to test that theory, same as I'm not about to send you a
copy of my Windows CD either.

BTW - A student recovering from Health problems and having a DSLAM handed
down to them, just don't belong in the same sentence. If you are doing this
for a corp, then they need to foot the bill for a new IOS.

Or, if you feel so strongly about having the rights to this, call the Cisco
TAC and state your case. Either way, please don't ask people to compromise
their own situation to help your cause.

 

Let's do this as an analogy. Say you bought a PC back in 1998 with Windows

They do when it comes it me. I'm recovering from a growth in my right
maxilary
(sic) sinus, For about 2 years most of my time was spent in bed
resting, or in bed messing with my computers. I can't work, that's
fine. So I figured
that while I was sick I can at least learn, so I'm really trying to
get allot
of hands on experience with networking/UNIX and DCOM. I have ATM
running all around the apartment building I live in, hooking into a
Fore switch which then
connects to a Dual SUN UltraSparc running Linux which does load
balancing & squid caching on 2x4MB DSL's. I run it like a little CoOp
for the building. Everybody has screaming internet and it only costs
them about $17 dollars a month. All the equipment has come from two
big Univ, a big corp upgrading, and the odd really lucky $5 purchase
on Ebay

That's want I'm trying todo for the housing project that (that I
happened to live when I was younger)

So in this case there's no corp to pay anybills

I think 'help' is more accurate then compromise
I do whatever I can to help people, even when there's no direct gain
I *like* knowning I've helped somebody, no just myself