From: Dan.Thorson@seagate.com
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 13:36:45 GMT-3
> What programming languages a network engineer MIGHT need to perform his
job?
UNIX shell scripts. PERL. Expect.
> What do network engineers or adminiastrators do with a programming
language? please elaborate
I use shell scripts to monitor config changes. I use perl and expect to
grab configs nightly for backup purposes, and to find config changes. I
push passwords to multiple types of gear using expect. I also manage DNS
and DHCP, and I use the scripting to monitor/maintain them. Shell
scripting can be handy when you need to tweak scripts provided by (or used
with) net mangement tools i.e. HP OpenView or Spectrum. I use MRTG and
Cricket to monitor bandwidth, etc., but needed to write my own unix shell
scripts (and used expect) to gather some router stats not availble via
SNMP.
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