Traditionally, Cisco has looked the other way or simply ignored the fact that users were downloading IOS images for gear on which they didn't have support, but that's all bound to change. If Cisco actually does restrict downloads as such, it will wreak havoc on dynamips/dynagen/GNS3. Since she is a contractor, none of the gear she supports is owned by her company, so she has no entitlements.
Jennifer Huber ( a wireless contractor, said that she could no longer download any software from Cisco. This isn't the only evidence out there showing that Cisco is clamping down, though.Įarlier this month, I saw a Jeremy followed with some further information on it.Īnother bit of evidence came from the Packet Pushers Podcast this week. I got an interesting message during the download procedure that said something to the effect of "you don't have support on that guy, but we'll let you download it for now." It wass the first time I'd seen that, and, instead of tempting the gods, I just found an older version I had archived. I can't really blame them since it's their property.Ī while back, I went to download an IOS image for the 3600 to solve a BGP problem we were having in GNS3. It looks like Cisco is trying to crack down on illegal distribution of their software.
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